Amazon.co.uk Review
Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: The Complete Reference is a detailed and comprehensive book showing how to build dynamic Web sites using Macromedia's leading design tool. This is not a general Dreamweaver tutorial, although there is brief coverage of the basics, but dedicated to Ultradev's server-side scripting and database features. A strong feature is the coverage given to related but vital topics, such as database design and SQL (Structured Query Language). There are plenty of examples, and the most advanced chapters cover building Dreamweaver extensions and creating an e-commerce site.
UltraDev won't do anything for you unless it is correctly configured, and this is covered in detail in the first part of the book. The second tackles server-side scripting, and there is a chapter covering each of the three primary technologies supported by UltraDev: Active Server Pages, JavaServer Pages and ColdFusion. Part three is about database management and design, while part four gets into the nitty-gritty of creating pages for searching and displaying data. The last section covers extending UltraDev, including a detailed chapter on building your own Server Behaviours, to integrate custom functionality into the UltraDev environment. There is also a chapter on the UltraDev Shopping Cart, a free add-on that offers e-commerce features.
There are many aspects to Web development, and this title does a good job of covering all the angles of a successful UltraDev project. The accompanying CD includes all the examples including several complete Web sites. --Tim Anderson
Product Description
Dreamweaver UltraDev is the eagerly anticipated, application development environment for Web sites that use ASP, JSP and Cold Fusion. UltraDev is a combination of Macromedia's Dreamweaver and Elemental software's Drumbeat technology. Dreamweaver has an installed base of more than 500,000 users. According to PCData, 69% of web developers use Dreamweaver to build web sites. UltraDev contains powerful tools for building data-driven applications. This book is a concise, single-volume reference for all the relevant technologies that a user might encounter while learning and using Dreamweaver UltraDev. For the beginner, intermediate and more advanced users, this soup to nuts reference should appeal to users of varied skill levels. The CD-ROM included contains eight multimedia tutorials showing readers how to build data-driven sites with UltraDev.
