Dreamweaver MX Developer Certification Study Guide

by Marc Campbell

This is a complete classroom-based study guide covering Macromedia's Dreamweaver Developer certification. it includes an example site that incorporates all the features and concepts that are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072223707
• ISBN13: 9780072223705
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Decently Helpful

I just took the test today and scored 89% to my suprise. 100% on Section I, 93% on Section II, and 75% on Section III of the Macromedia study guide. The book does help, but more so by going through the 'experience' of completing the chapters. Also read everyone else's reviews for this book for more helpful tips( e.g HTML & CSS cheat sheets at Web Monkey). Don't spend too much time on memorizing how to navigate around the IDE like the books says... very few questions on that. My tips too you: Experiment, and make sure you know the fundamentals ( even the little things you overlook ). Also as obvious as it may sound, use your common sense, if the answer doesn't sound right it probably isn't. The questions are pretty short and too the point, the answers can be tricky though. Good Luck! ...

pretty good overview

This book provides a very good overview of the items on the DMX test. I just took this test this morning and with the help of this book scored an 88%. The book focused more on the application and asked some very detailed questions about the interface. I found the test to be more code intensive. Questions about the interface were usually pretty general. You really have to know how to hand-code HTML and CSS, along with a general knowledge of JavaScript code.Like the others have mentioned, this book is full of errata (which the publisher has yet to list corrections for on their site). Also, the book only comes with one computer-based test.If you use this book and the webmonkey HTML and CSS cheatsheets, you should do fine.

Gets the job done

This book does help you prepare for Dreamweaver certification, but it has way too many bizarre errors. I'm wondering if the author wrote half this book from a beta version, because many times features work a little differently than the current version of Dreamweaver. One page near the beginning of the book even has a screenshot that's different from the current Dreamweaver; then later in the book another screenshot of the same dialog box is given, and it matches what's in Dreamweaver -go figure! But at the end of the day, the book proved invaluable in passing the test.This book does not cover everything on the exam, but I don't see how any book could. One note of interest: On the real exam, if a question has more than one answer, the question tells you how many answers should be selected. The questions in the book don't give you that help, so in that way the questions in the book are more difficult.

A comprehensive and generally accurate test prep book

I had been warned that the Dreamweaver MX exam was tough, and this guide, weighing in at more than 600 pages, did nothing to alleviate my anxiety. However, I attacked it systematically, chapter by chapter, and as a result passed the test with a very good score.Like many Dreamweaver users I make heavy use of a few well-known features. This book revealed a huge number of tricks, tips and obscure features I never knew about and definitely plan to use. The sample questions were fair, although they were more ambiguous and inteface-oriented than the actual test questions (thank goodness). If you take the exam, make sure you know the *actual* code and standards as well as the Dreamweaver way of doing things.A few criticisms: the book could have used one more copy-editing pass, as there were errors in the test answers and even a few in the "Exam Watch" tips that are supposed to give you a heads up on nasty exam tricks. The CD was disappointing, since it contained only one exam (the downloadable second exam appears to be on DW/Flash integration) with questions that are drawn directly from the book. It is mainly a promo for LearnKey online training.There are many excellent Dreamweaver books available, but this one has the advantage of hewing closely to the exam syllabus, and the results (in my case) speak for themselves.

I Thought I'd Never Understand

About a year ago I slowly started to take an interest in Web development. I have my own business and thought I would create a Web site to advertise my products. My hobby quickly turned into a passion. I upgraded my computer as well as the software so that my finished product could look its absolute best on the Web. I think I inadvertantly found a niche for myself and as a result I have decided to become a Certified Web Developer. I chose "Dreamweaver MX Developer Certification" because it was comprehensive and after a cursory review, not at all intimidating. Mr. Campbell's style is fresh and pure, by which I mean free of jargon, buzz words, and erroneous examples. I found this book to be enjoyable, if such a thing can be said about a textbook. Thanks to this book, I finally understand the full capabilities of Dreamweaver...