Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual
by David Sawyer McFarland
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Book Reviews of Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual
Book Review: A must have for Dreamweaver
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this book right at the end of my Dreamweaver class at a community college and it is fantastic. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that it has nothing about disjointed rollovers. For that I had to go back to my textbook, Garrick Chow's Dreamweaver CS3 which is otherwise a serviceable though somewhat minimal book.
Other than the disjointed rollover thing, I have to say that the Dreamweaver software really opened up for me when I got this dauntingly and rewardingly giant tome.
It is clear and logical in it's tutorials and explanations and that is so important for beginners. This book really knows it's stuff and knows what you need to know.
Book Review: Wow, this thing is LONG! Learning at a snail pace-
Summary: 2 Stars
The "Missing Manual" for Adobe CS3 is certainly chocked full of incredibly useful information, and I will still use it for reference as I continue to educate myself with Dreamweaver; however, I think there are far better resources out there for beginners. This book is over 1000 pages long! It took about 70 pages just to start actually designing a web page. There are free online tutorials that are much more efficient than following the very detailed step-by-step instructions in this book. Check out the free video tutorials on Lynda.com: [...] The first 10 short videos were about as educational as the first hundred pages in this book and took far less time. Good luck!Book Review: Exactly what it says! Great "missing" manual
Summary: 5 Stars
After being picked to take on the revamp of the company website, I jumped into Dreamweaver as a newb to any kind of web design. I stubbornly stumbled my way through the Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, and lots of other new acronyms for much, much too long. This incredible guide has been the tutorial and go-to resource that saved my you-know-what when it comes down to crunch-time.
While offering the reader work-through examples to gain a grasp of the basics, it also has a lot to offer to the intermediate user. It's a perfect solution for anyone who needs to learn the in's and out's of Dreamweaver -- and fast. Nicely written and easy enough for anyone to follow.
Book Review: Just buy it! This is the best book!
Summary: 4 Stars
This guide is very lucid in its teaching. Most helpful: shows how to create using spry, demonstrates how to connect Dreamweaver to a local and/or remote database, and it covers the ways in which Dreamweaver does the programming for you, turning what would be complex lengths of code (in php, ajax, and xslt) into a few time-saving clicks of this or that button. Chapters 6 & 8 were ironically missing two pages. In their place were two from Varieties of Religious Experience by William James. And, after working through this book's easy to follow, step by step explanations and tutorials, I can honestly say that I too have faith in Dreamweaver.Book Review: Badly Structured
Summary: 2 Stars
I was looking forward to this book but after spending some time with it I have to admit its structure just doesn't make any sense. If they had simply designed all the chapter as tutorials with the explanations strategically places through the hands on training, I believe the relationship would of been clearer. But for example so many chapters go on and on with this long winded explanations and history and abstract page samples, that ultimately made me feel rather frustrated as I simply wanted to work and learn simultaneously. Not read 42 pages of theory and a 'kinda how to' before ever actually getting to a hands on tutorial section.