Foundation ASP for Dreamweaver 8

Rob Turnbull

ISBN 10: 1590595688 / ISBN 13: 9781590595688

Published by Apress Jan 2006, 2006

About this Item

Neuware - Do you want to learn about Microsoft's ASP and use it via Dreamweaver 8 to add the power of a database to your website Use dynamic web forms to exchange data between you and your users Build complete web applications This book shows you how to do all that and more.Dreamweaver 8 takes a lot of the hard work out of performing tasks such as integrating a database into your website, but it can't do everything. That's why this book not only shows you how to use all of Dreamweaver's functions, but also shows you how the underlying code functions, so you can then work around Dreamweaver's shortcomings. There's no attempt to turn you into a code guru, but you'll come away with sufficient knowledge of basic ASP to have the confidence to dive into the Dreamweaver code and tweak it to your own requirements. The emphasis is exclusively on ASP, so you don't waste any time on information that's not relevant to what you want to do.Omar Elbaga and Rob Turnbull first take you through version 8 of Dreamweaver and how ASP fits into it, then look in-depth at setting up your work environment installing ASP, Access (and SQL Server), and the IIS web server, making sure they are all working together, and setting up a new web site via Dreamweaver. They then get to work, using several tutorials and real world examples, covering topics such as ASP essentials (knowing what ASP code looks like), working with forms, designing and implementing effective databases using Access and SQL Server, debugging and troubleshooting, and creating dynamic navigation, login, and search functionality.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foundation ASP for Dreamweaver 8
• Publisher: Apress Jan 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590595688
• ISBN 13: 9781590595688
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 191H x 23D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 191 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 694 grams

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Synopsis

Dreamweaver is Macromedia's best-selling web design/development environment, which has in excess of 3 million users worldwide. The new version of it is available later on this year. In this book we look specifically at using Dreamweaver's built-in server behaviors to build dynamic web sites using ASP, Microsoft's highly popular classic server-side language, along with Access or MySQL databases. The new version of Dreamweaver includes even more powerful support for ASP. Even though in more recent years, ASP has been superceded by ASP.NET, it still remains a very popular web development language, especially among Dreamweaver developers. Omar Elbaga and Rob Turnbull first take you through the new version of Dreamweaver, and how ASP fits into it, then look in-depth at setting up your work environment - installing ASP, Access (and SQL Server), and the IIS web server, making sure they are all working together, and setting up a new web site via Dreamweaver. They then get to work, using several tutorials and real world examples, covering topics such as ASP Essentials (knowing what ASP code looks like), working with forms, designing and implementing effective databases using Access and SQL Server, debugging and troubleshooting, and creating dynamic navigation, login, and search functionality. Examples built throughout the book include a content management system, and an online image gallery. All examples are designed to meet modern usability requirements and be web standards compliant. No previous experience of ASP or databases is required to use this book.

About the Author

Rob Turnbull is the senior developer for Lighthouse Design for Business Ltd., an established new media design and marketing company based in Shrewsbury, U.K. Clients across Europe from small businesses to blue chip companies provide an increasing workload, which includes the development of databases, web sites, multimedia presentations, interactive CD-ROMs, promotional videos, and 3D artwork (animations and stills). His personal web site, www.robgt.com, is primarily focused on offering help and guidance to fellow Dreamweaver users, including tutorials and links to helpful resources and some useful extensions.