When it debuted in the fall, Textastic offered developers and Web designers a way to perform plain text editing and syntax highlighting from the comfort of their iPad. The latest update to the mobile app from developer Alexander Blach looks to make it even easier for those programmers to access their files, with the addition of Dropbox and FTP support.
Previous releases of Textastic let users transfer files through a variety of integrated connectivity options—a built-in WebDAV server, Mac or PC networking, iTunes file sharing, or that old standby e-mail. You could also open files with the help of a third-party app such as GoodReader—provided you had such an app installed on your iPad in the first place.
The newly released Textastic 2.0 update expands the app’s file transfer options to FTP and the Dropbox file-sharing service. That means users can connect to remote file servers from within Textastic, without needing to have their computer powered up.
Textastic is my personal favorite when it comes to mobile editors, and I have used it on the iPad a lot! Unfortunately it is only available for iOS devices, but if you have one and are willing to fork out the money for it ($9.99) then you will not be disappointed. It has a lot of features that bigger text editors for the desktop has, and a. Textastic is a text, code, and markup editor for iPad and iPhone with support for syntax highlighting, FTP, SFTP, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Textastic, Vim, and Coda for iOS are probably your best bets out of the 6 options considered. 'Very fast' is the primary reason people pick Textastic over the competition. This page is powered by a knowledgeable community that helps you make an informed decision. Textastic is one of the most feature-rich and functional HTML editors for iOS. What sets it apart from many of its counterparts is the support of syntax highlighting in more than 80 programming and markup languages. With the help of built-in WebDAV server, it lets you easily transfer files from your Mac or Windows PC.
Dropbox and FTP support highlight the changes in Textastic 2.0, but they’re not the only improvements. The update also promises an enhanced find-and-replace feature that searches for and replace newline or tab characters. The app adds support for multitasking, while a new read-only mode means that users can look through source code files without making any accidental changes. Textastic 2.0 also adds auto-correction and auto-capitalization settings.
Textastic Code Editor
The iPad app requires iOS 4.2 or later. Textastic costs $10 to download.