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I'm curious what value this really offers over existing suites like Dreamweaver and Coda that already offer live preview and site integration. On the flip side, it also doesn't seem to appeal to the vanilla crowd that prefers vim + some file-watching reloader or CI tool.

Not to say it doesn't look neat, I'm just honestly having trouble finding the differentiating factor.

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It might not sound like much, but the differentiating factor is pretty much that it's all inside the browser. You get a professional live coding setup, and instant hosting environment, and all you need is a browser. You can access it anywhere; don't need to set anything up to use it; and it's the same setup on any computer or device you happen to be using.

Right now, web development is carried out with an array of disparate tools which vaguely connect to each other, if at all, plus you have to know how to set them up. pixelJET is not trying do anything new, or anything that can't be done by some existing combination of tools, but it brings them all together in an easy to use package, available anywhere in the world, on any browser.

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