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Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction (O'Reilly Digital Studio) Review by Schaefer
Good manual for a beginning Website designer/creator
The book is well layed-out, and descriptions are clear and concise. The first 95 pages or so are relatively basic. I have used a crusty version of Homesite to create a few basic Websites in-the-past, so those first 95 pages didn't teach me anything that I didn't already know. Except perhaps for the design and paper and pencil preparation.
After page 95 (or so), you jump right into Dreamweaver and are instructed as to its' functions. The Webpage you're building is a basic HTML page, and does not use any server-side technology like ASP, or PHP, or CGI/Perl.
It too is well layed-out, and step-by-step. I only wished that a deeper discussion of CSS integration was employed.
So, for the beginner, or for someone who likes to paper & pencil prep, I'd have to say that this is a worthwhile buy.
For the more advanced user, I'd have to say that you may be better off with more of a reference-style tome.
All said, I do not regret the purchase.