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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
David Mcfarland
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 835
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 whangingly
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. --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.
Editorials
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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
David Mcfarland
![]() | | | Amazon.com | | 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... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From Book News, Inc. | | Featuring step-by-step instructions, this guide explains how to build a
web page, link from one page to another, spice up the design with
graphics, apply cascading style sheets, view the underlying HTML code, and
collect... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
David Mcfarland
![]() | | | Finally a book to fill in the gaps and a great one at that! | | (Holland, MA USA) March 9, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | One thing I have learned over the passed 15 years is that very few software
packages ever come with user guides that are useful. Working with any
application is always a challenge and the right help makes everything goes... read full review |
![]() | | | Best Class for the money!! | | (chicago, IL USA) August 14, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | I totally recommend this book. It is chuck full of information. If you
are trying to learn dreamweaver and are trying to figure out what book to
get.. this is all you need!! I've been treating the book like a class
going... read full review |
![]() | | | Beyond excellent | | (Durham, NC USA) March 20, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | Possibly the best introductory tutorial I've ever read, and one that now
serves as an invaluable reference for some of the tougher areas. It takes
you step-by-step but doesn't insult your intelligence. Dreamweaver... read full review |
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