Coda Books Collection

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You will no-doubt already know that Coda, the one-window web development application for MAC, has a unique feature called “Books”. This allows you to add reference books of your choice, that you can use to help you out when you forget that all important class or function.

Coda Books

After a while of searching around the web for all the reference books I could get my hands on, I managed to accumulate 16 reference books. I’m not saying that these are the only ones available, I’m just saying that these particular ones are of great help to me on a day to day basis.

Current list:

  1. HTML (Standard)
  2. CSS (Standard)
  3. Javascript (Standard)
  4. PHP
  5. Apache HTTP
  6. Cake PHP
  7. CodeIgnitor
  8. ColdFusion
  9. Drupal
  10. Expression Engine
  11. HTML Dog (XHTML & CSS)
  12. jQuery
  13. Ruby on Rails
  14. Sitepoint CSS
  15. Sitepoint XHTML
  16. WordPress

Not sure how to install them?

Please quit Coda before installing these books.

  • Download Books.zip to your desktop and double click it
  • You will now have a “Books” folder on your desktop also.
  • All the contents of the “Books” folder needs to be dropped into your Coda Books folder. You can find this folder by going to:
    User -> Library -> Application Support -> Coda - > Books
  • Change “User” for your own login or home folder. See the image below for more info.
  • Once you have moved all the sub-folders over to your Coda Books folder. Just re-launch Coda and click “Books”.

Installation Path

If you have any problems or if you think I’ve missed a really helpful book then please let me know and I’ll take a look.

  • Neal Williams

    Thanks for doing the work to track these down. I just added a lot of the references you listed here!

    • Danny

      @Neal Williams

      No worries. Glad you found them useful. If you know of any other good ones, just let me know.

  • http://jyoseph.com jyoseph

    Wicked man, thanks for the easy download!

    I realize this is a bit old now but felt it was worth mentioning that I found a decent source for a Ruby on Rails book: http://apidock.com/rails/search?query=*&commit=Search

    • Danny

      No worries! Thank you for the reference.

      • http://www.google.com/ Tess

        There’s nothing like the relief of finding what you’re looikng for.

  • Thibault

    Thanks a lot it’s very usefull. I’ve never found a package of books for Coda and you maked it :)

    • Danny

      Anytime, enjoy!

  • http://www.mgdphotography.com Mike Dougan

    Brilliant!!

    Thank you for this, just what I was looking for to start learning Coda.

  • http://www.busstech.com Warren

    Awesome list!

    Thanks so much for your books, I’m sure they will come in handy.

    Quick question is regards to purchased ebooks / pdfs. Can I add them to coda?

  • http://devheads.be Anthony Mc Nicol

    Thanks mate!

    If you can’t find your library folder anymore (its hidden in osx lion) simply type in terminal -> chflags nohidden ~/Library/

  • http://www.iamronan.com Iamronan

    Excellent resource….Just what I was looking for.