I’ve been on a pretty steady diet of TextMate and Transmit for my web development needs since I switched to the Mac about two years ago. As most people in the Mac developer community are probably aware, Panic recently released their new tool for web developers called Coda. Coda eliminates the need for constant switching between applications by trying to bring everything under one roof. That means you can FTP files, write code/markup/CSS and work in a terminal window all inside of Coda. I’ll save you all the gory details of the program and simply suggest you check out the Coda website to learn more.

In the short while I’ve been using Coda I have nothing but good things to say. I’m at a stage in my freelance career right now where I am not taking on new projects and am more than happy to continue to provide support for my existing client base. Coda allows me to quickly make updates and fulfill client requests with an almost disgusting level of ease that my previous workflow just didn’t provide. I can be in-and-out of a site in a matter of moments.

Right now it’s looking very, very likely that I’ll be dropping the usual Textmate/Transmit setup I’ve come to rely on in favor of using Coda full-time.