It's nice to see Panic coming out all guns blazing with the new hotness. Software I actively enjoy paying for.
The pun in the iPad version name is a nice touch and an emblem of the way Panic rolls :-)
The biggest thing I'd be using Diet Coda for would be fixing small issues on the go.
I hope this it it.
(serious question for the folks who seem to need to do development on an iPad)
I'm switching to a 13.3-inch Macbook Air as my main computer (with a 27-inch external display). We'll see if this changes my view on not bringing my laptop places. Still, the iPad is much lighter than an Air and gets incredible battery life.
I might even be out at a coffee shop on the weekend and realize that there is something I want to fix on a website. If I'm out at a coffee shop, relaxing, reading some stuff, I almost never have a laptop with me.
When you get an iPad you realize laptops have instantly become less useful. iPads fit into a tiny bag, they have crazy battery life, and they can do many things as well as a desktop. It is a no brainer to carry them with you instead of a laptop, as they do 90% of the things you need a computer for very well.
Having a nice text editor/FTP program would be greatly welcomed.
It's not the screen resolution of a dual-screen desktop, but a new iPad is almost as good as a 27" iMac !!
new iPad: 2048x1536 = 3.14 million pixels 27" iMac: 2560x1440 = 3.69 million pixels
I don't have a new iPad yet, though, so I don't know if the quality or the experience is comparable.
The killer feature for mobile coding is a keyboard and screen that are separable. Put the screen wherever is most convenient and the keyboard wherever is most convenient.
You could even code on an airplane. Even the smallest MBP is uncomfortable in coach, for me anyway.
http://panic.com/coda/comingsoon.html
"Coda 2 and Diet Coda will be available May 24, 2012."
On the iPad doing a simple PHP statement is difficult as you have switch between keyboards so frequently.
