# Paperback: 800 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.04 x 9.36 x 7.08 # Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates; 3rd edition (December 1, 2003) # ISBN: 059600631
Macromedia's
Dreamweaver MX 2004 is the leading software tool for the creation of
Web sites and other HTML interfaces. It's remarkably capable, able to
deal intelligently with everything from fonts and images to JavaScript
for client-side data validation and embedded Java applets. In most
cases, Dreamweaver will save you time over hand-coding--and yield
better-looking pages to boot. The program's learning curve, though,
isn't trivial. That's why Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual is
worth having on hand as you learn to use Dreamweaver, and worth keeping
within reach as you tackle increasingly difficult Web development work.
David
McFarland wrote this book, but the influence of esteemed series editor
David Pogue is obvious in the careful coverage of features and frequent
touches of humor (books about applications can be dull; the books in
Pogue's Missing Manual series consistently manage to avoid this problem
while maintaining comprehensiveness). The two men treat Dreamweaver's
numerous features (and the even more numerous ways of putting them to
use) cleverly, with a combination of procedures and side information
that clarifies many oddball situations as well as straightforward
conditions. One thing: All the screen shots show the Mac OS
implementation of Dreamweaver. The text alone addresses the (few)
differences that appear in the Microsoft Windows version. --David Wall
Topics
covered: How to create HTML (XHTML and CSS, strictly speaking)
documents using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. In addition to the
basic stuff (text, images, links, and frames), the book shows you how
to build forms for data submission and embed Flash movies and Java
applets. There's also a lot of helpful emphasis on Dreamweaver's
productivity features, like snippet libraries and file transfer
utilities. A special section shows you how to do some server-side work
with databases.
# Paperback: 800 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.04 x 9.36 x 7.08
