Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery [Paperback]

David Karlins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2011

This book combines accessible, clear, engaging and candid reference material, advice and shortcuts with substantial step-by-step instructions for creating a wide range of HTML5 and CSS3 designs and page content in Dreamweaver. This book is geared towards experienced Dreamweaver web designers migrating to HTML5 and jQuery. It also targets web designers new to Dreamweaver who want to jump with two feet into the most current Web design tools and features. While focused primarily on Dreamweaver CS5.5, the book includes content of value to readers using older versions of Dreamweaver with directions on installing a version of Adobe’s HTML5 Pack that updates those packages.

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About the Author

David Karlins

David Karlins is the author of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Adobe Press, 2010) along with dozens of other books and videos on web, and digital graphic and interactive design. His articles and reviews appear in publications ranging from Macworld to Business Wee, and David's consulting and design clients have ranged from Hewlett-Packard to the Himalayan Fair. His classes and seminars in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area explore themes ranging from effective intranet culture to Web strategies for periodicals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849691584
• ISBN-13: 978-1849691581
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Computers & Technology > Mobile & Wireless Computing > Programming
  • #44 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > Web Design > Dreamweaver

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big topic, great starting knowledge, November 16, 2011

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This review is from: Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery (Kindle Edition)

Overall the book is an excellent value.

I think the author took on a really big task tackling this topic. I also think he did a great job! HTML5, CSS3, JQuery Mobile and even Dreamweaver support for these technologies is a moving target. What's true at press-time, may not be true the day after. Also each of these technologies are pretty "thick" topics on their own.

My expectation when I bought the book was this. Once I was done, I would feel more confident and knowledgeable about Mobile Web Dev and the technologies mentioned. Not that I would be an expert on any one of them. Also that I would learn how to leverage DW CS5.5's tools to make my job creating content easier. The book and the author met my expectations. There's a good mix of conversational dialog and "type this, click that" hands on. I am at a good place to start diving more deeply into each topic.

The reasons I gave it a four instead of five is because the flow of the book was sometimes confusing. There were also one or two hands-on tasks where the author left out sample info and expected you to fill in the blanks. Code copy and paste in the Kindle PC version was clumsy and stuck a really long copyright statement after the code. Not sure if Amazon gets dinged for that or Packt, but it was annoying. Downloadable sample code would be nice.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, November 9, 2011

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kemivo (New York, NY, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery (Kindle Edition)

This is a solid book. I am not pro web designer, just someone who wants to be in control of my own website and be able to update it myself. Consequently, I really like the approach that the author takes in both explaining the big picture of all the concepts and then going into minute detailed, dummy-proof explanations of each step of each process in how to actually design for the web and devices in Dreamweaver. In particular, I found it very helpful in the chapter about how to best use HTML5 to enhance my viewer's experience on iphones and make it more accessible as my old site was not originally designed with that in mind but now it is an obvious necessity. I am definitely not a coder but by following the steps in the book, I was able to make my content much more accessible by using HTMLl5 and the code hints in DW.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great chapters on responsive web design, css3, and jQuery Mobile, November 16, 2011

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chrisconverse - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery (Paperback)

This book does a great job of defining the landscape for HTML5, Dreamweaver, and mobile implementation strategies. I found the chapters on HTML5 Layout Strategies, Media Queries, CSS3 Transformations and jQuery Mobile to be excellent.

I like David's explanations on HTML5 strategies as they relate to user experience and design... two disciplines that aren't always easy to combine. Responsive Web design, or Multiscreen as Dreamweaver labels it, is the hottest topic in web design today. Responsive Design allows you to develop a single page, with alternate CSS rules depending on the user's screen size. An alternative trend for mobile web development is to design and develop specifically for mobile. A very popular framework for the is jQuery Mobile. The two chapters covering these topics will bring designers and developers quickly up to speed with these two mobile-enabled strategies.