Re: best book(s) for dreamweaver?

"castlewalls" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

What would be the best book for DW for a graphic designers point of view? I'm
not interested in learning html & only use the wysywyg aspect of DW.

Well that's going to be very subjective, as everyone has their own opinion and
prejudices, however there are some reviews here:

http://japan-interface.co.uk/webdesign/books.html

Personally designers that I know, tend to like the Lynda series of HOT (Hands on
Training). <www.lynda.com>. The video lessons are excellent.

And Lynda.com has a set of CDs for Intermediate DW MX. Excellent!! (I beta
tested the exercises in the book and the CD.)
ETC

"Dagwood Bumstead" <dagwood (AT) onblondie (DOT) net> wrote

"castlewalls" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

What would be the best book for DW for a graphic designers point of
view? I'm
not interested in learning html & only use the wysywyg aspect of DW.



Well that's going to be very subjective, as everyone has their own opinion
and
prejudices, however there are some reviews here:

http://japan-interface.co.uk/webdesign/books.html

Personally designers that I know, tend to like the Lynda series of HOT
(Hands on
Training). <www.lynda.com>. The video lessons are excellent.

E. T. Culling wrote:

And Lynda.com has a set of CDs for Intermediate DW MX. Excellent!! (I beta
tested the exercises in the book and the CD.) ETC

I just purchased the CSS CD, I'm looking forward to doing the exercises. They
really do have great instructors. I just finished the CGI tutorial, it was
excellent!

As far as I'm concerned, the interactive video tutorial is a great way to learn.

For a reference type book you can't do better than Inside Dreamweaver MX by
Patricia Ayers et al. I've found it to be more designer-friendly than others
like it and the information is much more comprehensive (and accurate) than
the HOT books.

Not that I'm slamming the HOT series as they certainly were invaluable to me
when I started out, but they tend to be a little light on information as
well as a little off target in some cases.

Kim

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"Dagwood Bumstead" <dagwood (AT) onblondie (DOT) net> wrote

"castlewalls" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

What would be the best book for DW for a graphic designers point of
view? I'm
not interested in learning html & only use the wysywyg aspect of DW.



Well that's going to be very subjective, as everyone has their own opinion
and
prejudices, however there are some reviews here:

http://japan-interface.co.uk/webdesign/books.html

Personally designers that I know, tend to like the Lynda series of HOT
(Hands on
Training). <www.lynda.com>. The video lessons are excellent.