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Dreamweaver MX: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Ray West (Author), Tom Muck (Author)

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Paperback: 1008 pages
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (1 Aug 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0072195142
ISBN-13: 978-0072195149
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.4 x 5.7 cm

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Dreamweaver UltraDev is a WYSIWYG authoring environment that is used to quickly build and deploy dynamic, JSP, ASP, PHP, and ColdFusion applications for the Web. - As a tool, Dreamweaver UltraDev is supplemented by its integration with all of Macromedia's products, including Fireworks, ColdFusion Studio, ColdFusion Server, Flash, and Director.

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The Most Comprehensive Guide to Dreamweaver MX Available
Create, build, and manage Web sites and Internet applications effectively using this all-inclusive resource. Dreamweaver experts Ray West and Tom Muck thoroughly explain everything you need to know to maximize the latest features of this fully integrated Web development tool that supports key technologies including ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, ColdFusion, XML, and Web services. Learn to use Dreamweaver MX's new layout tools, enhanced code-editing support, compliance-checking features, and much more. When it comes to innovative Web development and design, this definitive resource will help you accomplish more than you dreamed possible.

-Utilize new workspace enhancements including customizable toolbars and tabbed document windows
-Save time using Server Behaviors for database insertion forms, user authentication pages, and more
-Take advantage of built-in support for ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, and ColdFusion MX applications
-Create dynamic sites quickly using enhanced templates and Application Objects
-Enhance page designs using the latest Cascading Style Sheets standards (CSS2)
-Write your own code with powerful coding features Tag Chooser, Tag editors, and snippets
-Build compliant next-generation sites and applications that support XML and Web services
-Integrate Fireworks MX, Macromedia Flash MX, ColdFusion MX, and other external applications into Dreamweaver

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful

A must have desktop companion for all Dreamweaver MX users. 24 Sep 2002

By "k_billy_uk"

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This book is ideal for people new to web development and/or Dreamweaver MX and seasoned web developers alike. For those interested in building dynamic, database driven aplications, it gives a good overview of all the major server side languages that Dreamweaver MX support, with ASP, JSP and ColdFusion covered in more detail than PHP and ASP.net.

It covers all the major parts and features of Dreamweaver MX, inculding at some length, extension writing and server behavior building. It also has chapters on integrating Flash, server side Flash and Fireworks with Dreamweaver MX. It also shows 'best practices' for web design, development and implementation, which will be especially useful for newcomers to Dreamweaver and web development.

It has very good chapters on database design and development too, which is easily enough to get you on the right tracks with databases from an early stage, without having to resort to a different, database specific book - something most other books have often ignored. This ensures your dynamic web applications will not fail because of a badly built and implemented database - a vital part of dynamic application building.

It also covers the various options for building an ecommerce enabled web site with Dreamweaver MX and third party extensions, including a demo application. There is also a demo of a database driven site. The application samples and databases are available for download online, where the previous book (Dreamweaver Ultradev 4 The Complete Reference) had these on a CD that came with the book, this is no hardship as most developers will have net access.

I have the previous Ultradev 4 based book, and whilst a lot of the demo's are the same, the book covers the new features of Dreamweaver MX so comprehensively, I'd still recommend it even if you have the previous book.

The book can serve both as a tutorial to be worked through, chapter by chapter, or as a handy reference for a particular problem.

In my opinion, a must have desktop companion for all Dreamweaver MX users - it really is The Complete Reference.

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All I can say is "wow". I've been using Dreamweaver for a while now building html pages, but Dreamweaver MX is a little overwhelming. There are different server models and databases to choose from, and so much to learn. This book addresses all of those areas that I was unfamiliar with using a readable style that made me want to read it from cover to cover. It's more than just a reference -- it has a tutorial approach that covers all the topics yet is useful as a teaching guide as well. This book will never make it to my shelf. It will be on my desk where I can refer to it while I work.

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If you're serious of building Web Sites.... 4 Oct 2002

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I now have four books on Dreamweaver. This is my latest acquisition that I bought the old fashion way, through a bookstore, which gave me time to really preview the numerous books on this top selling software. The reason why I bought this book was because of the additional detail that you don't find in the other books. It's not just a 'what do the buttons do' software book. If you are only interested in building static web pages then another book may do, but if you are wanting to add dynamic pages, where the viewer inputs data into forms, then that's a whole other level of web building that most books don't cover. If your a novice and haven't had schooling in Web and Server applications (ASP,Coldfusion, etc)and database applications, this will help bring you up to speed. I applaud the layout and content that these authors have created. It focuses on building web applications with Dreamweaver MX, not just web pages, and definately fulfills a need.

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Excellent reference for all Web developers 7 Aug 2002

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I never knew there was so much to learn to build a dynamic Web site. This book really does a great job laying out all of the different technologies that are needed. I've been using DW 4, but all of this application server stuff has my head spinning. This book has chapters about each application server that really helped me decide which direction to go. Those chapters alone make the book a worthwhile purchase, but there's also a chapter on database design. I never knew what I was doing wrong before with my databases, but it is clearly spelled out in this book. Also, SQL is clearly explained in a chapter. These are great topics for a Web developer, because it is stuff that I didn't know before, but also stuff that I needed to learn. This is like 8 books in one. Really a great deal. I'm only 1/4 of the way through it! The CSS chapter was also exceptional. All of the techniques I've seen in the book are up-to-date with the latest trends in Web design. The best part of it is that it doesn't read like some dry reference manual. The writing is easy to follow.

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