Developing Killer Web Apps with Dreamweaver MX and C#

By Chuck White and Sybex

Dreamweaver MX 2004 is a great tool, and a great teacher. Its finely tuned support for ASP.NET makes it the fastest way to build serious data-driven web applications. And its transparent interface and the ultra-clean code it generates gives you ample opportunity to learn ASP.NET in its purest form. For those who aren't yet adept with ASP.NET, Developing Killer Web Apps with Dreamweaver MX and C# gives you the help you need interpreting what you see as Dreamweaver does its thing. This book provides a succinct and incisive tutorial on the C# syntax and classes that Dreamweaver uses to generate code for dynamic web applications. This is just the start, however. Once you've gotten your head around ASP.NET--or if it already is--you'll find this book to be a highly efficient guide to the business of saving time and solving difficult development problems with Dreamweaver as an integrated development environment. This includes help with some of Dreamweaver's most important, and yet most poorly documented, capabilities, such as working with stored procedures and generating web services. Here's more of what you'll find covered inside: Building ASP.NET web controls Writing ASP.NET scripts Putting together web services using Dreamweaver Using SQL inside Dreamweaver Getting the most out of Dreamweaver's custom user control for .NET Working with DataGrids and other databound controls Validating pages Detailed examples address the real runtime problems that can adversely affect your applications, showing you how to avoid them, fix the ones that slip through, and make coding tweaks that measurably boost performance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782142540
• ISBN13: 9780782142549
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

One of the most well written computer books I read.

I haven't finished the book yet, but so far the book is well organized and easy to read. I particularly liked the way he covers subjects. He tells you why you need to know this, what he will cover, what he will not cover and where to find more information (although this seems like an obvious thing to do when writing a book, many books miss it and you end up wondering about the relevance of some sections, or wanting more information without a clue as to where to look). Also he manages to get his thoughts across without too many words. So you end up learning more in less time. I also like how he anticipates reader questions and answers them.