Netbeans too Coda, Good or bad move?

[smilinmonki666]

I currently use Netbeans & have recently upgraded to v7. I do love Netbeans as an IDE, it has everything I need:

• PHP (predictive & link with the PHP Manual) editor
• HTML5 editor
• CSS editor
• JavaScript editor
• SVN
• MySQL query browser
• FTP support
• Project Browser
• plus much much more...

My only concern with this is that it is based on the Java platform. and every now and then it can run slow & I have to restart the application. Not a major thing, but is still an annoyance.

I have been looking at Coda recently and going to download and try to demo the app.

What I would like to know, is if anyone else has made the move from Netbeans too Coda, or the other way and noticed much difference?

I think i'm just being daft as Netbeans is a great IDE, but if I can get something native to osX that works just as well or better, than I would make the transition?

 

[Cabbit]

When i moved from Netbeans to Coda all i really missed was the code completion for Rails and PHP. However now that Netbeans is dropping Rails i would have had to move anyway.

Some things i noticed between Coda and Netbeans.

• Coda is faster to develop with
• Coda lovely FTP and SVN integration
• Coda's interface is cleaner and easier to work with
• Coda handles large projects without bogging down (though to be fair for Netbeans its slowdown is due to how much is going on in the background)
• Netbeans seemed to bog down a lot and its UI often got in the way of what i was doing.
• Netbeans just did not seem well suited so PHP
• Coda's terminal integration and file management are cleaner and more mac like.
• Coda has a nice PHP Docblock plugin

Mileage will vary depending on your workflow and needs.

And Coda + CSSEdit is a great combo for web design especially with TEA for Coda.

 

[smilinmonki666]

Thank you Cabbit.

You've pointed out a few of my other concerns. I have begun the download & will try tonight/tomorrow.

I will let you know my thoughts.

Thanks again.