Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 Bible [Paperback]

Joseph W. Lowery (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764534874 | ISBN-13: 978-0764534874 | Publication Date: July 15, 2001

From the author of the bestselling Dreamweaver Bible comes an indispensable insider's guide to the hot new software for interactive database-driven Web pages - the completely revamped Macromedia version of Drumbeat, built with Dreamweaver at its core, that lets Web designers output Active Server Pages, Java Server Pages, or Coldfusion pages. The CD-ROM features Macromedia tryouts, plug-ins, and more.

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From the Back Cover

If Dreamweaver^® UltraDev^™ 4 can do it, you can do it too … Combining the site-building framework of Dreamweaver with an UltraDev suite of tools for fast, cross-platform database connectivity, Dreamweaver UltraDev is an unbeatable development environment for creating dynamic, data-driven sites. This definitive guide by Macromedia guru Joseph Lowery shows you step by step how to master Dreamweaver UltraDev — and harness the power of simultaneous code and design views, instant Flash buttons, readymade server behaviors, Live Data previews, and other state-of-the-art features. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver UltraDev 4

• Establish an ADO, JDBC, or ODBC database connection in no time
• Drill down into data and extract recordsets with ease — even if you don't know SQL
• Format your dynamic data as ASP, JSP, or Cold Fusion pages
• Use drag-and-drop tools to incorporate dynamic data — and preview it using the LiveData view
• Insert Fireworks rollovers, Flash buttons, and Generator objects — instantly
• Create cutting-edge interactive pages with Dreamweaver objects and behaviors
• Build in database interactions using prescripted UltraDev server behaviors
• Design custom objects and behaviors — and outfit a complete e-commerce site
• Speed workflow with commands, templates, libraries, and collaboration features
• Harness roundtrip HTML to view the impact of code or design changes in real time

Bonus CD-ROM Includes:

• Hundreds of extensions—the single largest collection of Dreamweaver UltraDev extensions available on CD-ROM!
• Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4, Fireworks 4, Flash 5, and Generator 2 DE trial versions
• Macromedia ColdFusion Studio and JRun Server evaluation versions
• Code for example ASP, JSP, and ColdFusion pages

www.hungryminds.com System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 8.0 or later. See the "What's on the CD-ROM?" appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

About the Author Joseph Lowery has been writing about computers and new technology since 1981. He is the author of the previous editions of Dreamweaver Bible and Fireworks Bible as well as Buying Online For Dummies (all from Hungry Minds, formerly IDG Books Worldwide). He recently co-wrote a book on Flash with designer Hillman Curtis and has also written books on HTML and using the Internet for business. His books are international best-sellers, having sold over 200,000 copies worldwide in nine different languages. Joseph is also a consultant and trainer and has presented at Seybold in both Boston and San Francisco, Macromedia UCON in the U.S. and Europe, and at ThunderLizard's Web World. As a partner in Deva Associates, Ltd., Joseph developed the Deva Tools for Dreamweaver set of navigational extensions. Joseph and his wife, dancer/choreographer Debra Wanner, have a daughter, Margot.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1148 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (July 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764534874
• ISBN-13: 978-0764534874
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,221,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joseph Lowery's books about the web and web-building tools are international bestsellers, having sold more than 400,000 copies worldwide in nine different languages. His most recent book is the Dreamweaver 8 Bible. Joseph is the author of the recently published CSS Hacks and Filters as well as the Dreamweaver Bible and Fireworks Bible series from Wiley Publishing. He also wrote Design and Deploy Web Sites with Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Contribute 3 from Macromedia Press. In addition to co-authoring Dreamweaver 8 Recipes and Dreamweaver MX 2004 Web Application Recipes with Eric Ott as well as the Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips series with Angela Buraglia.

As a programmer, Joseph contributed two extensions to the latest release of Fireworks and many extensions available for Dreamweaver. He has presented at Seybold in both Boston and San Francisco, Macromedia conferences in the U.S. and Europe, ThunderLizard's Web World, and KW Media Group's Mac Design Conference. Joseph is currently the Director of Marketing for WebAssist.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is an ULTADEV Book not a web design book, April 9, 2002

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"mnbugeater" (Northern Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 Bible (Paperback)

There are many reviewers here who are giving this book a poor review unjustly. People are complaining that this book skips basics and "doesn't explain how to create a rollover graphic".

If you are looking for a web graphics instruction then this isnt the book you should have purchased in the first place. It is NOT the authors fault you bought the wrong tool for the job.

However, if you are looking for a book on how to use Dreamweaver UltraDev and use Databases to build dynamic web pages then I highly recommend this book. It starts with very basic database connectivity and goes through advance database driven sites.

Keep in mind... This book deals with Database Web design FIRST. If you do not know web design or how to create or import a graphic, build tables, work with layers, etc., you should probably back up and start with the basics first.

If you are comforatable with your web design and would like to add database content (which is very versatile by the way) this is one of the best books on UltraDev

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not useful for learning about Database connection, January 30, 2002

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Lucyfir Tern (Boston Mass) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 Bible (Paperback)

Well there's Dreamweaver and then there's Dreamweaver UltraDev. Yes UltraDev does all the things Dreamweaver does but it was developed with database development as the focus. So why it is that this author hardly touches on the subject of databases? Hello...get this man some extra chapters.

Quite frankly, you'd be lost if you used this book as your database to web learning source. This is a Dreamweaver book not an UltraDev book.

If your looking to develop web databases using UltraDev there are far better books on the market.

Bag buying this...

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unuseable tutorial, January 18, 2002

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SorenTwo (Somewhere, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 Bible (Paperback)

I gave up on this book at chapter 2. Why? Well, the author said "Create a rollover in Fireworks or your favorite graphics program." Who said I know how to create rollovers? If I knew that what good is this program to me? I happen to have Fireworks but haven't learned it yet. So I went to the Fireworks manual to look up when it teaches rollovers: chapter 16! I then tried to import a rollover that Fireworks includes but it wouldn't go into Dreamweaver. The author seems so bent on showing off his prowess that he forgets that we beginners don't know anything. And I check the targeted audience: Beginner to Advanced! My suggestion: (1) Though Macromedia sells Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev, these are, from a learning perspective two different programs and you have to learn Dreamweaver before approaching UltraDev; (2) Buy Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On-Training by Lynda Weinman and Garo Green. That book is great!