Beginning Dreamweaver MX

by Imar Spaanjaars, Todd Marks, Charles E. Brown

What is this book about? With this book you'll quickly be creating powerful, dynamic web sites with Dreamweaver MX - the latest version of Macromedia's powerful, integrated web development and editing tool. You'll learn how to use the tools and features of Dreamweaver to construct three complete sites using HTML, JavaScript, Active Server Pages (ASP), and databases. We start by creating a hobbyist site - The Cooking Place - that you can use to list...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764544047
• ISBN13: 9780764544040
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 2.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent!! Only if you are serious about learning

First I thought this book over explains everything. When I started encountering territories that I'm not familiar with, I started to greatly appreciate the author's method of teaching. This book teaches you by getting you working on real projects from scratch. While you are following the step by step instructions, the author explains the science and whys of these instructions. The only drawback of this book is that project 1 seems to be tested only on Internet Explorer. I tried the files with Netscape 4.79 and 6.2 they both showed some flows that took me hours to figure out how to fix. Also I had to use a behavior extension to recover the mess, in Netscape, made by adding layers. Apart from that all my projects have worked perfectly. The second part is code intensive which I really appreciate. This book will show what's going on behind the scenes. Therefore you won't be limited by what Dreamweaver can offer. It will show you the way to go beyond Dreamweaver's ability. This is not a "for dummies" type of book. You have to follow the instructions very carefully. All the mistakes in this project turned out to be mine. For the effort made to write this book I cannot give less than five stars. I wouldn't hesitate to buy Professional Dreamweaver MX if it exists.

Awesome book

I found this book to be one of my most prized reference books. It takes you through the building of three different sites. You are gradually introduced to ASP and JavaScript. If you are serious about web design, and have found FrontPage to bee too limiting, this is the book to get you going!

Tough but it does the job

When I bought this book I wasn't sure if the content would pleasure my need of building a good website. I did not have any experience in building websites. The start was rough, you need to be precise but the screenprints are a good help. After the first chapter I got the taste of it. I learned a lot and I have to say: I'm proud of my new website. Because of the book I also realized that Dreamweaver is designed in a smart way. A very good book, also for beginners.

Excellent Book

Good, Step by Step tutorials in well written English. Simple concepts tp follow. The Title is Misleading. I would have named it Beginning to Advanced Dreamweaver MX.