Macromedia® Dreamweaver® 8 Recipes

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Recipes is divided into two, intentionally unbalanced sections. Up front, you'll find a primer of sorts that is intended to serve as a general introduction to both the world of data-driven Web technology and Dreamweaver's implementations. Read these chapters if you are new to working with data sources on the Web, and especially if you are new to Dreamweaver. The bulk of the book is devoted to the Web application recipes.

The recipes themselves are separated into two sections, or cuisines, if you'll indulge us in the metaphor. First you'll find instructions on building such intranet-oriented applications as User Login, Employee Lookup, Conference Room Scheduler, and In/Out Dashboard. Many of these applications have uses that you can apply to general Web applications. User Login, for example, contains authentication routines that you can apply to any portion of the Web where you want to display different content to different groups of users.

The second set of applications is based on workgroup needs. With these applications, you can log billable project hours (Time Cards), facilitate and archive team communication (Journal), and send a personalized email announcement in bulk (Mail Merge). As with the intranet applications, you can extend the workgroup recipes to fit many situations.

Each recipe is structured in a top-down approach. At the beginning of each chapter are diagrams and ingredient listings to provide an overall view of the project so that you can really understand the concept and what's required before going forward into the actual steps. Web applications are composed of a series of intertwining pages, and each application presented is described page-by-page. Each page, in turn, is built up in a series of steps designed to follow the standard developers' workflow and, in the process, teach best practices.

Part I: Starters: Fundamental Elements of Web Applications
Chapter 1. Basic Principles of Data Source Design
This chapter explains the mechanics behind dynamic sites so that you can begin to see the potential of server-side coding. You'll also find an overview of the various application technologies and the different types of data sources.
Chapter 2. Building Applications in Dreamweaver Workspace
The first part of the chapter is an exploration of the Dreamweaver workspace with an emphasis on its application-building capabilities. The rest of the chapter deals specifically with the basics of Web application tools that are standard in Dreamweaver.
Part II: Main Course: Intranet Web Applications
Part III: Main Course: Workgroup Web Applications

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