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Summary: Informative though somewhat disorganized
Comment: This is a good book. It teaches many useful techniques and how lots of "how to" ideas. However, the faux site that is created isn't goal oriented which left me feeling like the book was just a collection of random things to do. It seemed disorganized at times when you would or wouldn't create another page from scratch vs. revamping one you had already made. It was not always clear why you would be better to take one approach vs. the other. Setting up the localhost environment was somewhat confusing, though not too bad.
I will definitely use it frequently. Good information, good book, good deal.
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Summary: Glad I made the purchase!
Comment: After skimming the book, and reading several chapters, I cannot wait to sit down with Dreamweaver 8 and really put the clearly written book to use. I believe it and PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy (Solutions) by David Powers will compliment each other.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: Very well written. Easy to understand with clear instructions and good hands on training examples. This book is an excellent resource for beginners and intermediate level. The author makes a really good job explaining PHP concepts.
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Summary: Great Book
Comment: As a real world computer geek. I've been using Dreamweaver for many years but I never used it's dynamic deveolpment features until after getting this book.
I found this book very helpful in not only learning how to use Dreamweaver's Dynamic PHP/MySQL programming features, but it takes you by the hand in setting up your Computer as a Web Server and installing all the services like Apache, PHP and MySQL to use with the Dreamweaver 8 program. The author has a gift for teaching.
I was about three quarters of the way through the book when I recieved a Web Development project that needed the very features that this book taught. I actually got more than my money back from this book before I finished reading it. I found it very user friendly when it came to working through the projects.
The only other thing I can say is that I will be keeping this book close where I can find it for future reference.
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Summary: The BEST way to get a hold on PHP!!!
Comment: I am blown away by the thoroughness and time taken on behalf of the authors to really get you involved with integrating PHP and Dreamweaver. I have been using Dreamweaver for over 4 years now, and have always wanted to get into building more dynamic sites. The Dynamic portion has always been extremely intimidating for me, and this book made learning the basics of PHP easier then anything else I know.
The author takes you step-by-step, even letting you know when you will have problems, and ways out of those problems. there is rarely a need for you to look elsewhere for help, this BOOK HAS IT ALL.
This is highly recommenced for the intermediate user of Dreamweaver, as they do assume you have a decent understanding of the design program.
I was able to follow the book and upload my 1st php driven site in under a week!
Great Book! and I will look to other titles by the same author/publisher
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