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Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Unleashed 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 features Adobe has brought to Dreamweaver CS4, including its powerful Spry framework for Ajax development, its innovative CSS browser compatibility checking, and more. You’ll learn how to smoothly integrate Dreamweaver CS4 with other key web design and development tools, ranging from Photoshop to Flash to databases. You’ll also discover how to use Dreamweaver CS4 to improve team collaboration, automate workflow, streamline content management, and reuse assets more efficiently. Detailed information on how to… Get productive with Dreamweaver CS4 development fast, whether you’re new to Dreamweaver or upgrading from previous versions Create more effective, compatible CSS sites—and leverage Dreamweaver CS4’s powerful 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 CS4 Use Adobe’s 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. He is currently an instructor with the San Diego Community College District, Palomar Community College, and Mt. San Jacinto Community College, teaching the use of various technologies and tools including ASP.NET, Dreamweaver, and Flash. He is the author of the 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver (Que), Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# and VB (SitePoint), and Beginning Expression Web (Wrox). Register your book at informit.com/register for convenient access to updates and example source code from this book. Category: Web Development/Dreamweaver Covers: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 User Level: Intermediate–Advanced

You can start game programming in a flash Here's how to create five different cool games - no experience necessary! Ever think you could come up with a better computer game? Then this book is for you! No boring programming theory here, just the stuff you need to know to actually make something happen, and all in plain English. Build a brain-teasing math game, go classic with Pong, create monsters and mayhem, and much more. Discover how to * Build and control basic movie clips * Make text appear and change * Generate random numbers * Add sound effects * Create cars and space vehicles that move realistically * Blow up stuff onscreen

Create a website that gets noticed! If you want to design, build, and manage a professional-looking website, Dreamweaver CS5.5 is for you. Packed with design and development tricks, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dreamweaver CS 5.5 is packed with design and development tricks. This helpful guide gives you everything you need to know to get your website up and running. In it, you get: -- A look at the Dreamweaver interface, with tips for successfully navigating all the panels, buttons, and toolbars. -- Click-by-click directions for creating a basic web page, adding content, and establishing a document structure. -- A primer on using CSS to format your site, add images and tables, and more. -- Hints for simplifying and streamlining the design process, implementing the tag, and adding structure with AP elements. -- Guidelines for creating page layouts suitable for multiple screen sizes, from smartphones and tablets to full-size computers. -- Pointers for adding widgets, Adobe Flash videos, and other interactive web technologies to your site.

Core Dreamweaver Skills and Solutions, Made Easy Dreamweaver MX 2004 Solutions was created for results-oriented Dreamweaver users who seek practical instruction on everyday techniques and speedy resolutions to persistent problems. Author/instructor Ethan Watrall applies his effective, no-nonsense teaching style to each of this book's dozens of step-by-step solutions, demystifying the most vital and potentially troublesome topics. Beginners can walk through the full gamut of tasks, while seasoned users can dip in and quickly find answers to specific questions. Whether you're a web designer or developer, a graphic designer or project manager, this book will get you to the heart of the discrete skills you need to construct impressive web pages with Dreamweaver. Learn the ins and outs of Dreamweaver MX 2004, including how to: Build good-looking, sensible tables and frames Save time with templates, library items, and digital assets Master JavaScript behaviors, CSS, and layers Handcraft HTML and XHTML code Make full use of the Tag Inspector, Tag Chooser, and Tag Library Design sophisticated forms for collecting user information Effectively manage your site with Site Window and Site Reports Extend Dreamweaver with extensions, custom shortcuts, and commands Establish database connections for ColdFusion, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, and PHP And much more... Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Adobe Flash is one of the most popular languages for animated web content, and recently social and behavioral scientists have started to take advantage of it to collect data online. Flash Programming for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Simple Guide to Sophisticated Online Surveys and Experiments is a unique, step-by-step guide to using Adobe Flash to develop experiments and other research tools. Each chapter presents a set of techniques required for one aspect of programming an experiment, with students following instructions in italics and working through the code included in the text. Most chapters end with an exercise to put the newly learned techniques into practice.

Covers the latest major release of PHP, the most popular open source Web scripting language, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style PHP is installed on nearly nine million servers, and usage has grown at the rate of 6.5 percent per month for the past two years PHP is easy to learn, well suited for Web development, and can be embedded with HTML, making it a good choice for creating dynamic Web pages for e-commerce sites and other Web applications; a database-friendly language, it connects easily to Sybase, MySQL, mSQL, Oracle, and other databases Explains how to acquire and install PHP, how PHP's features make it a useful scripting language, and how to use PHP for three of the most common applications: interactive Web sites, database storage, and common operating system tasks

Macromedia Studio MX 2004: Training from the Source provides a comprehensive, working introduction to the most powerful Web design and development suite available, Macromedia Studio MX. In this hands-on, project-based book for active learners, you'll get a solid overview of how you can use the integrated workflow of Macromedia's Studio MX product suite to create your own dazzling sites. Starting from the ground up, you'll build two Web sites. In the first half of the book, you'll combine the strengths of Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and FreeHand to create an attractive, yet maintainable site. In the second half of the book, you'll focus on building a powerful and dynamic user experience, by combining Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, and ColdFusion. The enclosed CD-ROM contains all the files you need to complete the projects, plus completed files for you to compare with your results and use as models for future projects.

JavaScript lets you supercharge your HTML with animation, interactivity, and visual effects—but many web designers find the language hard to learn. This jargon-free guide covers JavaScript basics and shows you how to save time and effort with the jQuery library of prewritten JavaScript code. You’ll soon be building web pages that feel and act like desktop programs, without having to do much programming. The important stuff you need to know: Make your pages interactive. Create JavaScript events that react to visitor actions. Use animations and effects. Build drop-down navigation menus, pop-ups, automated slideshows, and more. Improve your user interface. Learn how the pros make websites fun and easy to use. Collect data with web forms. Create easy-to-use forms that ensure more accurate visitor responses. Add a dash of Ajax. Enable your web pages to communicate with a web server without a page reload. Practice with living examples. Get step-by-step tutorials for web projects you can build yourself.