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I love that I can have one tool to both manage my web sites, edit them, and preview the changes all in a single piece of software.
With MacRabbit's Espresso you begin by creating a New Project. You set up a location on your hard drive for the files you will be editing, then you configure how you connect to the server where the files will end up.
The code editor is split into 3 columns. The left column has your files. The center is your code editor, and the right shows the navigator so you can see the sections of the code you are working on and drill down in the functions.
The syntax highlighting makes it very easy to see how your code is laid out. The lines are numbered on the left and if you hover your mouse along next to the line numbers, it will highlight the blocks of your code. You can click on the little bar that shows your code block and it will collapse that section making it easier to see the rest of what you are working on.
You can use the navigator in the right side to quickly find a section in your code.
Up at the top there is a button to allow you to preview your code output. You can either see it within the program, in an external browser, or in a pop-up window.
Espresso has so many features it will cover any task that you might need to when working on web sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The initial setup for a site can be a bit confusing at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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The UI is clean and easy to use. There is the ability to customise the appearance of your editor window as well as install helper scripts to enhance productivity. This editor isn't the most complex tool I've used to build sites however that's where it's beauty lies. I'm not developing day-to-day, so wouldn't classify myself as a power user. The app is stable, reliable and easy to use for my needs. There are some really useful features built in, one for instance being auto-compiling of SCSS/LESS files which elevate this tool above others I have tried in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There's nothing I'd really complain about considering the one-time price tag. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This is an amazing solution to build or edit a website for a small business or your own side gig. Relatively easy to learn how to use. The design is smooth, which is rare for web developer tools - if you worked in WordPress you know what I mean. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
As any ready to use solution, Espresso lacks detail customization tools, but honestly, I didn't expect that anyhow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The autocomplete feature is a time saver for advanced users and teacher for novices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The live view is sometime difficult to work with certain file types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
well made css editor with less/scss pre processor, nice UI. It was a nice software until around 2018. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
software becomes increasingly buggy and slow since 2018, no response from current owner to any question or bug report, updates seem not to address any problems which had been reported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We can use manifest.xml to get the element and the wide numbers of locators and their combinations are awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We are always required to have development code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Your ability to extract and edit live editing style sheets is the great reason why I and my company use this product. Features like fragments are really useful, its interface is nice and clean. I like how it shows the files within the projects. It is very light and fast, it is a good software for Mac, it clearly shows a lot of advantage over other software on Mac, but in general I can say that it did the job when I use it, being one of my tools to maintain my websites. The great all-in-one solution for everything related to coding and FTP is excellent with Espresso. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I would like it to be easier to incorporate and that could be installed in multiple coding languages, in addition the synchronization is a bit cumbersome, since the changes are not tracked as you update the files, on the other hand your updates have become expensive and somewhat complicated and sometimes has difficulty opening compressed Javascript files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
When it works, it's brilliant. If you work with other peoples code, having something that can pinpoint where a specific style is created in a document makes adjustments quick and painless. I've used it for years with great success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Ownership changes... they change things. It's not necessarily a bad thing, the new owner is good, but the release cadence for new features/bug fixes has slowed to a crawl. I don't use the software every day, so its not a major drawback for me, but I do find it discouraging that when a usability bug is pointed out, it can take months for it to be resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Espresso is easy to use, clean and have great features like project syncing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Espresso is a little bit pricey, but its understandable, as I still think not of people is using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Cost, interface and overall feel compared to other coding applications. Very intuitive and great for text editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Doesn't update much which makes me resort to using other applications sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
the interface is nice and there are plenty of options. overall its nice software for mac, it clearly shows much advantage over other software on mac but in general i have to say it did the job when it was used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
well there a lot countless crashes, not being able to save some times but what the worst you always have to have mac with you so we had to do virtual machine at times but it was okay for most part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
