A Codekit Review

Checking whether a code already does great sometimes frustrates web developer, since they must search through a long line of code which can hurt their eyes. But today there are many applications that can help them avoiding this kind of situation, one of the latest apps is Codekit, this programming tool can also be applied in many devices such as Mac, OS X, iOS 6+, Windows 7+ and Android. So, whatever your device is applying CodeKit can be one of your good choices.

What is CodeKit?

Codekit is a task manager that helps you to automate code compiling for popular preprocessor languages. You also can easily deploy code as Codekit for all intents and purposes manages projects akin to Grunt.js and Gulp.js and works with Bower. It is known as a more comfortable platform to many users as it only requires for dragging and dropping approach. In fact, setting up a project requires simply drag and dropping a folder onto Codekit.

Who is Codekit for and is it worth it?

CodeKit is aimed for doing everyman’s task manager. For those whose search for using Sass or Less will probably love Codekit as it focuses on coding and not setup. For the first try you may find that Grunt is quite frustrating. Later, when CodeKit 2 was released, it feels a bit different from its previous one as its more polished and powerful. Moreover, its fun and quick to use. Here are some detail reviews about CodeKit:

Final thoughts

• CodeKit 2 feels like brand new product compared 1.0
• Libsass is super fast Sass compiling!
• Massively improved server.
• Cleaner user interface.
• Bower Package Management
• Animated CSS injection
• Easy project configuration
• No more file watch limit
• Compass is built in and can be manually configured
• Codekit Config files can be distributed with project
• Very low learning curve!
• Faster than Codekit 1 or Prepros 4
• External encoders
• Less resource intensive when idling than Grunt
• Easy to read Error Log

Cons

• Must make current project active
• Server isn’t as robust as Prepross or GhostLab
• Grunt is free and once you get over the configuration hump, more flexible and powerful.
• Trouble shooting esoteric errors will probably land you at my blog
• No built in FTP support