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Summary: Great book!
Review: Dreamweaver 3 Visual QuickStart Guide will get you up and running with Dreamweaver 3 in no time.If you need to know how to do something fast in Dreamweaver 3, chances are this book will tell you how to do it without having you read 250+ pages of text. You merely look up what you want to know in the Table of Contents or the Index and then you're on your way. The instructions are clear and concise without being exhaustive and rarely do you need to read more than 3-5 pages to get the answers you need. Roll-overs, Cascading Style Sheets, templates, behaviors, site management, it's all in here. I'm an authorized Macromedia trainer and I recommend this book to all of my students.
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Summary: Dreamweaver makes coding easy
Review: I work with coding for the web at work using HomeSite which is certainly a big step up from WordPad, but Dreamweaver has made my job fun and easy. I love the Visual Quickstart books because they allow me to pick and choose what I want to do in the book, and learn what I need when I need it. Each subject is a one or two page standalone. In the typical computer book, the user is forced to read through a complete chapter to learn how to do something. Granted, this gives the reader a more thorough background on the how's and why's, but I like the quickness of the Visual Quickstart Guides. I can look up one function at a time, see and read it quickly, and actually make it happen almost just as quickly. If I need more, I can go to a bigger reference book. But if quick, professional and basic competence are my criteria, then nothing beats the Visual Quickstart Guides. I enjoy being able to review the chapters and/or subjects in the order I need them. I find that I sometimes still hit that 'F10' key and make manual changes to my source coding to make things happen as I want, but I could avoid that if I chose; manual changes, after all, do keep my coding skills honed so I don't get totally lazy. Dreamweaver versus manual coding is like comparing Windows to DOS, or an automatic transmission vehicle to a standard transmission: Sure there are always people who are purists that want to feel the basics as they happen, but Windows, automatic transmissions and Dreamweaver are luxuries that have become a part of our daily life and are here to stay. Once you've experienced the luxury, there is no desire to go back to the old, labor intensive way. You will, however, want Macromedia to build even more functionality into Dreamweaver to keep up with the newest web technology as it changes. This is a wonderful primary reference book for Dreamweaver users...
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Summary: Dreamweaver makes coding easy
Review: I work with coding for the web at work using HomeSite which is certainly a big step up from WordPad, but Dreamweaver has made my job fun and easy. I love the Visual Quickstart books because they allow me to pick and choose what I want to do in the book, and learn what I need when I need it. Each subject is a one or two page standalone. In the typical computer book, the user is forced to read through a complete chapter to learn how to do something. Granted, this gives the reader a more thorough background on the how's and why's, but I like the quickness of the Visual Quickstart Guides. I can look up one function at a time, see and read it quickly, and actually make it happen almost just as quickly. If I need more, I can go to a bigger reference book. But if quick, professional and basic competence are my criteria, then nothing beats the Visual Quickstart Guides. I enjoy being able to review the chapters and/or subjects in the order I need them. I find that I sometimes still hit that 'F10' key and make manual changes to my source coding to make things happen as I want, but I could avoid that if I chose; manual changes, after all, do keep my coding skills honed so I don't get totally lazy. Dreamweaver versus manual coding is like comparing Windows to DOS, or an automatic transmission vehicle to a standard transmission: Sure there are always people who are purists that want to feel the basics as they happen, but Windows, automatic transmissions and Dreamweaver are luxuries that have become a part of our daily life and are here to stay. Once you've experienced the luxury, there is no desire to go back to the old, labor intensive way. You will, however, want Macromedia to build even more functionality into Dreamweaver to keep up with the newest web technology as it changes. This is a wonderful primary reference book for Dreamweaver users...
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Summary: Get this Book!
Review: I'm a little perplexed by the Visual Quickstart series. They can always be counted on to take a mediocre manual, repackage it and sell it back to you. They have done so again with this book. If you have read the manual you'll realize this book is very similar. I'd suggest saving your money and purchasing Dreamweaver 3 HOT (Hands on Training) by Lynda Weinman and Garo Green. It's the best "training" book I've found to date.
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Summary: Quick and mean guide, not for professors!
Review: This book offers a simpel introduction towards all the main abilities in Dreamweaver. It has an introduction about the main aspects in designing webpages, and suggests in a structured way how to make a page with good clean navigation. After reading this book I think you will be able to construct a well turned page with good navigation, perhaps with good gimmicks, since these also are shown how to do. Theres no reason to be afraid of HTML, and the book covers briefly how to use it in Dreamweaver. -so you know where to go if you're interested. If you want to learn the quick way of publising a great looking site, and you're beginner -its great. There's also an awsome good chapture about how to publish your site and make future alterings.
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Summary: Does a satisfactory-but not outstanding-job
Review: This is a decent referance book but by no means should be used as a training guide. In reality this book is no more than an extended manual. They claim that the easiest way to learn is by looking at their photos but the truth is that there is no better training than actually getting on the computer and doing. For beginners I would say skip this book and head directly to Hands On Training with Dreamweaver 3, possibly one of the best learning tools for Dreamweaver 3 around.
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Summary: Good but flawed; spend a little extra and get a better text.
Review: This is basically a good text, but it covers little that is not contained in Dreamweaver 3's tutorial. However, the book has two significant flaws beyond that which turn my recommendation to a 'don't buy.' First, the text makes frequent reference to an 'online companion' web site. This site is said to contain a great deal of the real 'meat' of using Dreamweaver. As of this review (some four months after publication), the site is still 'under construction.' As such, there is significant information simply not available. Second, the final chapter on how to use the FTP Client built into Dreamweaver is horrible! Little information is given about this critical step. I suggest, in light of the fact that most of the information in this book is readily available in Dreamweavers help files and tutorial, that you give it a 'pass' and spend a little extra for a better text. A good starting place would be the 'bible' series.
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Summary: great series of books.
Review: Visual Quickstarts are great. This book not only is a great reference for Dreamweaver 3, but it taught me more about HTML than most "Web Design" books.
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Summary: For beginners....
Review: When I bought this book I knew nothing about Dreamweaver. However, by the time the book arrived, I had been playing around with the program and already knew 95% of the stuff featured in the book and have hardly used it. I would recommend this book to someone extremely unfamilar with Dreamweaver and plans to use this book as reference.
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Summary: Standard Peachpit ease of use, but you don't need this book
Review: You can learn this much Dreamweaver from the manual and playing aroud with it for a while. If you need a simple reference manual, go ahead and get this. But if you want to learn Dreamweaver as a regular user, invest in a better book.
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