Dreamweaver MX Web Development (0735713081) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

Learn how to make Dreamweaver MX work for you in real-world development situations. This book deals with the day-to-day problems developers face, and demonstrates how to use advanced features in Dreamweaver MX to address them. Written by one of the most authoritative voices in the Dreamweaver community - this book belongs on your desk, not the shelf.This book addresses issues such as templates, site architecture, CSS, and form design head on. Each chapter focuses on the problem, discusses the technology and how solutions can be implemented using Dreamweaver MX This is all followed up with a case study in every chapter. This book answers the question "so what?" by showing you how these techniques actually help you to build sites that work in the real world. The web site contains all the source code used throughout the book.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

The worst book I've ever buy:

I don't understand how an editor could publish this book. It's only attribute is a cool look, but it's content is null.

Reading this book is like reading a lot of magazine headers, in wich you read what can dreamweaver do, but not how to do it.

If you plan to buy this book, don't do it, it's a very bad choice.

Great book if you know the HTML basics first:

This book is excellent. I have played around with Dreamweaver a little bit and was already familiar with HTML and its various tags before I bought this book. You should too.

The great thing about this book is that it gives you a problem with HTML, then shows how to make it work with Dreamweaver. It is not just a how-to book but a "why" book which I love. It really teaches you. It gives the pluses and minuses of solving problems in different ways.

This book also tells you about what makes good web... more info

A nice change of pace:

I received this book, expecting it to be heavy on the server-side lingo and practices, but was pleasantly surprised to see that it dealt with the basics right through to the advanced areas of site conception, layout and design, static and dynamic sites.

If you are familiar with Dreamweaver MX (Self taught) and want to know more about actual web development, both static and application, then this is a must read book for you. The book is clearly for the web developer starting out through to those that are... more info

Just the "kick start" I needed:

Drew McLellan's new book (dreamweaver mx web development) is fantastic! It's easy and quick to read, yet full of useful information and tips about the many valuable tools and options in Dreamweaver MX. Real world scenarios helped me understand how to apply the tools to my particular situations.

I will let others go into the details of the contents - I'd rather write briefly about how the book inspired me. I knew I'd lost sight of "work smarter, not harder" in my daily struggles to keep a dozen web sites... more info

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