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Title: Macromedia Dreamweaver Mx 2004 and Databases by Sean R. Nicholson ISBN: 0-7357-1370-7 Publisher: New Riders Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Resource for Making the Leap from Static to Dynami
Comment: This book is a great starting point for web developers who may have been a bit hesitant to move into dynamic database-driven sites. Written for at least moderately experienced developers, the book doesn't waste time with too much 'catch up' information and definitions. Instead, from the first pages, the author gives you the necessary information to roll your sleeves up and start working.
The book is written in a friendly voice and style that doesn't make the subject matter seem overly difficult or intimidating. That's not to say that the book is watered-down. It covers a great deal of complex material and presents solid hands on projects for readers to develop. The author was just smart enough to skew his writing to his primary audience and not write over or under them.
Although one of the book's strengths is the breadth of platforms covered it's also one of its weaknesses. After consuming this book most developers who want to focus on dynamic sites will choose one platform to focus their efforts on and in the future will look to more specialized books. This book gives you enough info on each of the platforms to cover your bases but no one book can cover everything for every platform. However, for those like myself, who like to have a solid all-around knowledge because of different client needs and demands, this book is going to be an excellent resource that I envision being referenced again and again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Right on target for starting dynamic development!
Comment: For helping users of DreamweaverMX to start developing dynamic web sites, this book is right on target. It is a good read that eases you into the waters of developing database driven web sites. The way it is written is very easy to follow and understand, and its follow-along nature encourages a hands-on approach, which is really the best way to learn dynamic development.
For any current Dreamweaver MX user wanting help getting their head around developing dynamic sites, I'd highly recommend this book. You can dive into the more language specific books later, but to get started, this is a very good choice!
Rating: 1
Summary: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!
Comment: Absolutely deplorable... this book will waste your time, money and brainpower. I am currently only about half way through the book and I have decided to abandon it entirely out of frustration.
Not only will you find extremely poor writing, you will be lead through examples that are inconsistent, difficult to understand and ultimately disfunctional. In other words, the examples will fail, and leave you blinking at your screen wondering why. If you have Dreamweaver experience, you will more than likely be able to go back through some of the failed exercises and do some troubleshooting of your own to make the applications work. If you are coming at this topic with little experience (which is what the book advertises to be targeted for) then expect a very bumpy ride.
This author offers no examples of troubleshooting your code, and uses verbage in his writting that seemingly is intended to confuse you and through you off.
I haven't yet found a good reference for this topic because I am just now looking for another after throwing this book in the trash.
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