Dreamweaver MX Developer Certification Study Guide [Paperback]

Marc Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0072223707 | ISBN-13: 978-0072223705 | Edition: 1st

This is a complete classroom-based study guide covering Macromedia's Dreamweaver Developer certification. it includes an example site that incorporates all the features and concepts that are discussed.

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From the Back Cover

The Only Certification Study System Based on 300,000+ Hours of IT Training Experience

• 100% Complete Coverage--All official test objectives for the Dreamweaver MX certification exam are covered in detail
• Hands-on Exercises--Step-by-step instruction modeled after classroom labs
• Exam Watch--Warnings based on thorough post-exam research identifying the most troublesome exam topics and how to answer them correctly
• Three Types of Practice Questions--Knowledge, scenario, and lab-based questions, all with in-depth answers
• From the Classroom--Discussions of important issues direct from the classroom

Full coverage of the topics you need to review, including how to:

• Define a new site and define an existing site
• Create a document and set page properties
• Achieve page layout with tables, frames, and layers
• Add content to the source code
• Create image maps, jump menus, and navigation bars and add links
• Build forms and insert form objects
• Work with behaviors
• Build Web applications and add server-side functionality
• Manage HTML and CSS styles
• Manage content and work with templates
• Set up preview browsers
• Test, troubleshoot, and manage your Web site

Included on the CD-ROM:

CD Training

• Electronic book--Searchable version of the Study Guide
• Sample Graphics--Illustrations help you complete exercises from the book

Master Exam

• Complete Practice Exam--Exclusive Dreamweaver MX certification exam simulation with questions found only on the CD-ROM
• Detailed Answers--Explain why the correct options are right and why the incorrect options are wrong
• Score Report--Provides overall assessment of performance and indicates subject areas requiring further study

PLUS:

(with free on-line registration)

• MasterExam--Additional Dreamweaver MX certification exam simulation download
• LearnKey Training--Includes additional training on Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash

About the Author

Marc Campbell (Philadelphia, PA) designs Web sites (including destination sites for DC Comics and MAD Magazine), e-government portals, e-business applications, and online fanzines. He has used Dreamweaver on a near-daily basis since 1999. Marc taught a 12-hour Dreamweaver unit in his comprehensive Web design class for Millennium Institute of Computers, familiarising him with the needs of students seeking certification and employment in Web design fields. As an author, he wrote PageMaker 7 from A to Z (Redmond Technology Press) as well as several magazine articles on computer topics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 639 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 1st edition (September 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072223707
• ISBN-13: 978-0072223705
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,283,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good overview, May 9, 2003

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Noor Ali-hasan (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamweaver MX Developer Certification Study Guide (Paperback)

This book provides a very good overview of the items on the DMX test. I just took this test this morning and with the help of this book scored an 88%. The book focused more on the application and asked some very detailed questions about the interface. I found the test to be more code intensive. Questions about the interface were usually pretty general. You really have to know how to hand-code HTML and CSS, along with a general knowledge of JavaScript code.

Like the others have mentioned, this book is full of errata (which the publisher has yet to list corrections for on their site). Also, the book only comes with one computer-based test.

If you use this book and the webmonkey HTML and CSS cheatsheets, you should do fine.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive and generally accurate test prep book, December 30, 2002

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An old hand-coder (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver MX Developer Certification Study Guide (Paperback)

I had been warned that the Dreamweaver MX exam was tough, and this guide, weighing in at more than 600 pages, did nothing to alleviate my anxiety. However, I attacked it systematically, chapter by chapter, and as a result passed the test with a very good score.

Like many Dreamweaver users I make heavy use of a few well-known features. This book revealed a huge number of tricks, tips and obscure features I never knew about and definitely plan to use. The sample questions were fair, although they were more ambiguous and inteface-oriented than the actual test questions (thank goodness). If you take the exam, make sure you know the *actual* code and standards as well as the Dreamweaver way of doing things.

A few criticisms: the book could have used one more copy-editing pass, as there were errors in the test answers and even a few in the "Exam Watch" tips that are supposed to give you a heads up on nasty exam tricks. The CD was disappointing, since it contained only one exam (the downloadable second exam appears to be on DW/Flash integration) with questions that are drawn directly from the book. It is mainly a promo for LearnKey online training.

There are many excellent Dreamweaver books available, but this one has the advantage of hewing closely to the exam syllabus, and the results (in my case) speak for themselves.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy it if you have no other books to study for the exam, December 16, 2002

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"alexbatbold" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver MX Developer Certification Study Guide (Paperback)

Although the book features many sample questions and a CD that contains 2 exams (exam questions are same from the book, 1 additional exam you can download later), you need to have extensible prior experience in Dreamweaver and web development in order to pass the exam comfortably.

If you are a newcomer to webdev, shop some more and read more reviews. I just took the exam this morning and passed it, I found the new DWMX exam much more challenging than DW4 exam that I took in last July. If you take the exam, make sure you become VERY comfortable with DWMX assets and library, CSS.

I found several editorial errors in the book and tests on the CD, but they were not serious to miseducate you. Overall, the book covers DWMX adequately, and teaches you the basics of web development. But I do not think the book can alone guarantee you to pass the exam, there a lot of learning involved to master the MX. The book teaches how things supposed to be in DW, but the exam will ask circumstances where things went wrong and you need to be able to troubleshoot them.

Best of luck on your exam!!!