Dreamweaver MX / Fireworks MX Savvy with CDROM (0782141110) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

Dreamweaver / Fireworks Savvy features a task-based approach combined with hands-on tutorials, all designed to get beginners up to speed quickly and help intermediate and advanced users master this robust web development tool.

Lead writer Christian Crumlish is an author and consultant who's been designing web sites since 1994 and using Dreamweaver since it first appeared. Backed by a team of topic-specific contributors, he provides in-depth coverage of critical topics, including: best-practices web publishing and site management techniques; in-depth instruction for customizing and extending Dreamweaver functionality; creating, developing, and optimizing graphics with Fireworks; as well as adding and managing dynamic content to database-backed web applications using any number of server models.

Dreamweaver / Fireworks Savvy features a color insert illustrating color management and optimization techniques, as well as a CD with Dreamweaver Extensions, practice files, product demos, and other helpful resources.

Like all Savvy books, Dreamweaver / Fireworks Savvy is printed on quality, coated paper for crisp image reproduction.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

Dreamweaver MX / Fireworks MX Savvy:

If you are new to FireWorks MX and DreamWeaver MX, DON'T waste your time with this book. There are too many errors, inaccuracies and incomplete process steps. Plus, the CD does not have all of the sample files mentioned in the Hands On portion of the lessons.
If you are experianced with FireWorks MX and Dreamweaver MX, nothing savvy here either. No new tricks, no great tips.
Needless to say I was very disappointed.

okay, but errors abound.:

1st few chapter chapters showed promise. Laid out easy to understand. Fireworks chapters are obviously written by someone else and leave alot to be disired. Not very intuitive examples, make you struggle though it, that and missing files from cd dont help. Typo's through out book, and chapter 30 has a bullet point on the first page of the chapter about the topics to be covered on Finding or Preparing a Host Server, but the topic isn't covered in the chapter. Copy Editors sure fell down on the job in this... more info

Verbose, uninspiring tome:

When I purchased this book I had high hopes for it, as most of the customer reviews had given it a high rating. But, this is probably the most uninspiring web design book I've ever come across.

Yes, all the technical details are in there, so if you're looking for a reference manual, perhaps this book would be a good one to have on your shelf ... but Macromedia's own help files, website, and user's guide provide the same information. So, why spend the extra [$$] for a volume that's not nearly as succinctly... more info

Don't waste your money:

If you have a limited budget or are a beginner to Fireworks/Dreamweaver, don't waste your money on this book.

This is one of those books written by commmittee - a group of authors each doing separate chapters. Unfortunately it reads as if none of the authors ever coordinated with each other. One glaring example, most of the illustrations are B&W and the text keeps referring the reader to the see color examples in a later chapter. Unfortunately most of the examples the reader is sent to see are not in... more info

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