Where to start 17
For experienced web designers who are new to Dreamweaver:
1. Begin by reading the tutorials in this Getting Started with Dreamweaver
guide.
2. In Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver), read Chapter 1,
“Exploring the Workspace” to learn more about the Dreamweaver user
interface.
3. Although much of the material in Chapter 2, “Setting Up a
Dreamweaver Site” and Chapter 4, “Managing Your Files” is probably
familiar to you, skim those chapters to see how these familiar concepts
are implemented in Dreamweaver. Pay particular attention to the
sections about setting up a Dreamweaver site.
4. For useful information on the details of using Dreamweaver to create
basic HTML pages, read Chapter 13, “Inserting and Formatting Text”
and Chapter 14, “Inserting Images”.
5. For information about coding in Dreamweaver, see Chapter 19,
“Setting Up Your Coding Environment,” Chapter 20, “Coding in
Dreamweaver,” Chapter 21, “Optimizing and Debugging Your Code,”
and Chapter 22, “Editing Code in Design View”.
6. Read the overview at the beginning of each of the other chapters in
Using Dreamweaver to determine whether its topics are of interest to
you.
For experienced web designers, familiar with Dreamweaver,
who want to learn about creating dynamic pages:
1. Begin by reading Appendix A, “Understanding Web Applications,” on
page 217 and Chapter 11, “Tutorial: Developing a Web Application,”
on page 197.
2. In Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver), skim Chapter 1,
“Exploring the Workspace” to learn about new aspects of the
Dreamweaver user interface, and then read Chapter 30, “Optimizing
the Workspace for Visual Development”.
3. Become familiar with the Dreamweaver workflow for dynamic pages by
reading Chapter 31, “The Workflow for Dynamic Page Design”.
4. Set up a web server and application server. (See Chapter 23, “Setting Up
a Web Application”.)
