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Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development (Tools of the Trade) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Gareth Downes-Powell (Author), Tim Green (Author), Bruno Mairlot (Author)

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: glasshaus; illustrated edition edition (1 July 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1904151116
ISBN-13: 978-1904151111
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 18.3 x 2 cm

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This book is all about making dynamic PHP web sites with Dreamweaver MX . It covers PHP, enough to get the reader up to speed with the technology, and how to use Dreamweaver MX to produce PHP code quickly and efficiently. It's not intended to be a comprehesive PHP reference. It also covers site design and databases and SQL. It uses an example project, a hotel reservation system, that is built up through the chapters to demonstrate the concepts explained .

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PHP is one of the most popular server–side scripting languages available. It’s powerful and easy to learn. Combined with MySQL, a fast, cross–platform, and free open source database, it makes a very effective tool for developing database–driven web sites.

This book is all about developing PHP/ MySQL web sites with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, the premier visual web site design tool. It will show you how to use Dreamweaver MX to rapidly develop database–driven PHP web applications with the minimum of fuss.

Throughout the book we use a real–world example application, a hotel room booking system, to demonstrate just how easily you can quickly build dynamic PHP sites with Dreamweaver MX.

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This book will show you:

Overview of Dreamweaver MX, PHP, and MySQL
Designing the site
Using server behaviors to interact with the database
Hand coding and debugging in Dreamweaver

Who is this book for?

This book is for web professionals looking to develop database–driven PHP web applications using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Some knowledge of HTML and web design is assumed, but you don’t need to know any PHP or MySQL. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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2.0 out of 5 stars No support, little explanation, some poor mating of chapters, 13 Aug 2003

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This review is from: Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

Hopefully better books on PHP and Dreamweaver MX will emerge. Different chapters are written by various authors and the book suffers doubly for that. Firstly because some of the chapters seem as though they're translated from another language into English or simply not written in the writer's native tongue, making meanings baffling and ambiguous at times. Secondly, sometimes one author declares that in a previous chapter you learnt about or did XYZ, where, in truth, nothing of the kind happened.

I'm still trying to work through it, having picked it up and put it down a few times. A major sore point is that if you get stuck, theres **NO SUPPORT** available from Glasshaus. Nothing. Not even a forum for people who have bought the book to talk to each other. The first time I stumbled, it took me a day to find the error in my pages. On another occasion I had to just work around a rights problem by allowing root access to all, not ideal. With a little feedback I'm sure I'd have been on my way. I'm stuck again now, with absolutely no idea what the error I have means and I'm flailing about on the net trying to find solutions from nowhere. All in all its hard to remain enthusiastic.

I've got an idea about whats going on, I've been using DW for years and have created sites using Access and ASP, but I have minimal coding experience. The authors seem content to throw chunks of code into the pages with no explanation as to what the code means or how to dissect it. You are expected to copy it slavishly and hope that it works without being told why its there or what it did...

Whats that $ for?
Why's that in square brackets and comments?
What do either of those things signify?
...and so on

The back of the book says you don't need to know any PHP or MySQL, but I would say you're far better off knowing PHP before you come to this book.

Its a real disappointment, I can tell that the stuff its trying to teach me is really useful, from having used DW with Access in the past. With a bit of support, even if it was community based, it might be better. As it is its a headache for anyone who doesn't already understand PHP. I'd bet that if you did, you'd work through this easily.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Dont Believe The Other Reviews!, 7 July 2003

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This review is from: Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development (Tools of the Trade) (Paperback)

Anyone reading the previous complimentary reviews BEWARE, they look very suspect to me! Especially as I've bought the book and found it terrible.
It seems as though there's no real thought gone into any of it. It goes into great detail on the most simplest of things(like resizing a window)then simply glosses over more complex aspects, missing out important steps.
Worst of all though, there is very LITTLE explanation of anything. Even if you go through the entire book, you still might find it quite difficult to replicate any of the ideas discussed in a different situation as I found I gained very little understanding, through reading.

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2.0 out of 5 stars High Hopes = Disappointment, 31 Aug 2003

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This review is from: Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development (Tools of the Trade) (Paperback)

I've given this book 2 stars only because the tutorial is useful, it's just a shame its so badly written and structured there is very little or no support, although errata's are available on the Glasshaus site (found this out eventually). I'm currently half way through the book and understand a little but not enough to figure out why my code doesn't work and where to start to try and solve it.

All in all good idea but VERY lacking!

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