Customer Reviews

Dreamweaver MX Complete Course

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I was coming to DreamweaverMX from the coding world, having done a number of sites in Visual InterDev, looking to pick up a book that would teach me Dreamweaver in a just few days.

This is the absolute best textbook I have ever used for any subject. Joyce Evans needs to teach the folks at Wrox how a training book should be done. It could not have been clearer, and there were NO errors! (are you listening Wrox?)

I hope Joyce is doing Fireworks and Flash books to go along with this great effort. Cant say enough about it, it's just great.

Developing a web page? Find that text editors are too much coding? HomeSite, FrontPage and others just don't have the right set of application features. Want to be able to do CSS, JavaScripts, HTML, DHTML, tables, frames and forms? Can't afford the cost of formalized classroom training? You want to use DreamWeaver MX and learn how to use the application, then you have look no further.

Having taught DreamWeaver classes over the past several months, this book is by far much better than any courseware I have used or seen. One thing I like about this is that fact that you control the pace of learning, whether you want to learn over the weekend or over the month, this book allows for complete user control.

Fully illustrated, you start off with the basic page design and from there you will work with more advanced concepts as you progress. I really like that fact that the book is a continual process of learning and building. I also like the way the author has broken down the step by step process by adding notes in the exercises.

One of the best features is that the pictures and diagrams are in color to allow you to see what the result will be without having to guess. Again this book exceeded any text I have used in class and has given me some new DHTML ideas for website development.

The cd-rom included has all the files you need for each project or exercise in the book. Also included are DreamWeaver, Flash and Fireworks MX trial versions as well as a trial version of Top Style Pro.

I had absolutely no trouble with the exercises and found no steps missing from them. Overall if you are looking to advanced your website or are beginning to build one with DreamWeaver, stop by the bookstore and grab a copy of this manual, well worth the price.

WOW! Dreamweaver MX Complete Course by Joyce J. Evans is a MUST read for anyone new into the world of Macormedia Dreamweaver. The book is just as titled, a complete course on using Dreamweaver MX with tidbits of information thrown throughout the book. The formatting of the book is true color and step-by-step instruction. If you're new to Dreamweaver or an instructor at a College or High School, this book will benefit you as an instructor and your students.

This book is a slick illustrated tutorial of Dreamweaver MX's tools. With Deamweaver MX opened and this book on your lap, you will learn Dreamweaver MX's RAD tools.

Don't expect in depth explanations of JavaScript, XHTML, Cold Fusion or ASP etc. The book is oriented to tools not coding.

I bought this book based on other positive reviews, but can only conclude that there must be multiple versions of this book in circulation. How anyone could claim to have worked through the entire book and not have encountered an incredible number of errors is a complete mystery to me.

The author confuses files throughout the book. Files are referenced with incorrect names, are misplaced on the CD, or names are misspelled. These errors are numerous and lead to much frustration while completing the exercises. A brief, simple example occurs on p. 244, where the author asks you to create a link to the "instructor.htm" file. The correct name of the file, however, is "instructors.htm" (with an "s"). Some minor errors like these are easy enough to figure out, but there are so many that I felt like I was doing the editor's job while working through the book. Other problems involve incomplete instructions, the most common being when you are instructed to open multiple documents simultaneously, but the author is not careful to instruct you to switch to the proper document before performing a task.

One reviewer made reference to an errata page included with the book, but no such information was included with my copy nor on the CD. If errata information were to be included, it would probably have to contain an amount of text equal to the size of the book itself, so numerous are the errors.

I am no newcomer to computers and have taught computer technology in the classroom for many years. While this book is attractively laid out with helpful illustrations, it just doesn't make the grade due to sloppy editing and numerous mistakes. Beware of the overly positive reviews. There is no way anyone could have diligently worked through the entire book and claimed that everything worked smoothly and only a few errors were encountered. The book needs a complete overhaul.

I paid 75 bucks canadian for this book and trust me, it's worth so much more! I am so addicted to this book you have to pry it from my fingers. I looked for a book on dreamweaver for 1.5 hours and came across this one right off the bat. Than I started looking to see if there was anything else compariable. There was this other book about 4 times the size for the same price. I still choose this one. Why? Because the instructions are clear, concise and colourful. Sure I made mistakes..but I kept going back and reading the instructions again. Until I got it. She shows you what the final instruction will look like. If it didn't look like the picture, I would start again. I highly recommend this book at ANYONE. I was also impressed enough to write the author. (which I have NEVER done before).She replied within 16 hours. I was so delighted. This book is definitely the best book on dreamweaver out there. Five stars...it should be ten/ten..

I would reccomend this book to a web designer newbie, because this book has a very clear color coded step-by-step instruction complete with tutorial file... think no more.. you won't regret it
For those intermediate web designer this show you a few trick you never think before..
bottom line this book will teach you time saving trick and make your web design less time.

I got this book reading others reviews and decided it would be a great start for me. The book is way to inconsistent and could have you lost a little at times. I am not too critical on reviews and actually pretty nice about them, but this book I did not even finish after I got through about half of it. I consider myself very knowledgable with PC's in general and this book left me wishing I would have spent my money else where.

If you are like me and want to have an awesome understanding of DW, then this book does not go that in depth. The author just walks you through it with very little teaching along the way. It shows you how to build a website with all her pre-made pictures, but I felt as if I was just plugging in things the whole time, not really developing a great site. My biggest gripe was the lack of instruction, the authors way of teaching was basically do this and do that, but not telling my why I am doing this and doing that.

... The 'Dreamweaver MX Hands-On-Training' as well seems to have a great rep for great books. I regret not getting that book instead of this one. Save your money and get another book if you really want to learn the ins and outs of developing great sites with Dreamweaver.

What a hoot! I came to review this book and the contrasts seem to be love it or hate it. Well I loved it and created my very first web site! I had to do some stuff over but most of it was because I had my cursor in the wrong place or I didn't read an instruction carefully enough. Yes, I found some errors--jeesh people do we expect authors to be perfect. I wish but unfortunately I've discovered they are human LOL

Oh, and yes, I did finish the entire book and I did so pretty quickly. I like the fact that there isn't a lot of underlying explanations. If I want underlying I'll buy a Bible or other such book. I also like the casual writing style--but that's me. I felt like the author was really trying to help me personally build a website--and she did just that.

This was worth every dime I spent and I'm now going to purchase her Web Design Complete Course book. I love this teaching style, pictures and numbers.

I recently purchased this book from Amazon. I found it to be fair priced and as described. I was able to build a small website in the first 2 chapters. This book uses hand-on type of training with the included CD. I am very pleased with this book and recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to make professional websites.

Jeremy