Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Unleashed (Paperback)

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Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 Unleashed

 

Zak Ruvalcaba

 

This book is the most comprehensive and independent resource for experienced web developers who want to plan, architect, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art websites, applications, and services.

 

Expert web developer and trainer Zak Ruvalcaba brings together real-world insights and advanced techniques for every facet of contemporary web development, from site management to data-driven applications and multimedia content to security. Ruvalcaba systematically illuminates the major improvements Adobe has brought to Dreamweaver CS3, including its powerful new Spry framework for Ajax development, its innovative CSS browser compatibility checking, and more.

 

You’ll learn how to smoothly integrate Dreamweaver CS3 with other key web design and development tools, ranging from Photoshop to Flash to databases. You’ll also discover how to use Dreamweaver CS3 to improve team collaboration, automate workflow, streamline content management, and reuse assets more efficiently.

 

Detailed information on how to…

• Get productive with Dreamweaver CS3 development fast, whether you’re new to Dreamweaver or upgrading from previous versions
• Create more effective, compatible CSS sites–and leverage Dreamweaver CS3’s powerful new CSS templates
• Streamline and automate workflow across your development and content teams
• Incorporate animation, video, and audio, including Adobe Flash content
• Make the most of databases and SQL queries in your sites and applications
• Build dynamic pages and sites that integrate everything from search functionality to user authentication
• Implement high-performance web services with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• Use Adobe’s new Spry framework, widgets, and effects to quickly build rich XML-based applications

 

Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. He’s built websites and applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Intuit, Peachtree, Dell, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and many others. Aside from teaching and holding design lectures on various technologies and tools, including Dreamweaver, ASP.NET, and Flash, for the San Diego Community College District and Palomar Community College, he is the author of the 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver 4 from Que Publishing, Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Website Using C# and VB.NET from SitePoint Press, and Beginning Expression Web from Wrox.

 

Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register for convenient access to updates and example source code from this book.

 

Category: Web Development/Dreamweaver

Covers: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

User Level: Intermediate—Advanced

 

About the Author

Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. He holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and a master’s degree in instructional technology from National University in San Diego. He served as Creative Director with EPIC Solutions until 1998. His expertise in developing web applications led him to a position as Manager of Web Development at SkyDesk Inc., where he developed web applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Intuit, Peachtree, Dell, and Microsoft. He has worked for such companies as ADCS, Inc., and Wireless Knowledge as a wireless software engineer developing .NET solutions for companies such as Mellon Financial, Goldman Saks, TV Guide, Healthbanks, The Gartner Group, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Commerce One. His skill set includes technologies and languages from HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, ASP, ASP.NET, Visual Basic .NET, C#, ADO.NET, Web Services, SQL, T-SQL, Flash/ActionScript, and ColdFusion. Aside from teaching and holding design lectures on various technologies and tools including Dreamweaver, Flash, and ASP.NET for the San Diego Community College District and Palomar Community College, Zak Ruvalcaba is also the author of the 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver 4 by Que Publishing, Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Website Using C# and VB .NET by SitePoint Press, and Beginning Expression Web by Wrox Press. Zak Ruvalcaba is a Macromedia Certified Professional (MMCP), a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET (MCAD), and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for .NET (MCSD).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1128 pages
• Publisher: Sams (October 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672329441
• ISBN-13: 978-0672329449
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #776,627 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Unleashed Series.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of the best book on my hands, October 12, 2008

By	Luis A. Ruiz Ramos - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

1,068 pages of info i organize my self for reeding it 25 pag pages per day im thru the 612 page already...


i have found about 3 errors in it but it seems that almoust every book of programation have errors end i say it becouse before reeding this book i found alot of other reviews from other book and it seems that everuone of them have errors so at least i havent found that much....

i bought it becouse when i start to search in the topics it shows that they had chapters dedicated to:

add cart
check in check out
search bottoms
timeline
flsh function on dreamweaver

and i thought it was a good chance to try with a book that look more powerfull in resource...
im impres not only with the book but with the program it self wwoooowwwwww

gret resource for the ones that dont care if its a 1,068 page book jeje

english its not my first language so sorry for the error grammers...

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamweaver CS3 Unleashed, April 29, 2009

By	S. Rossman (La Jolla, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent. Very thorough. Very well written. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to master Dreamweaver.

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamweaver CS3 Unleashed - Excellent Reference Book, March 20, 2009

By	Vicki from Oz "Vicki" (Perth, Western Australia) - See all my reviews

I bought this book as I had initially learnt to use Dreamweaver at version 4 and had not used the program for sometime. This book is excellently written and covers everything from simple static webpages, to creating dynamic webpages with PHP, ASP, ASP.NET or Coldfusion.

I was particualarly interested in the dynamic elements and this section is very clear and makes learning this side of the application very easy.

This makes an excellent resource for designers getting into web design as it covers pretty much everything you need to know to put together a web page.

This is probably the best computer reference book that I own.