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Dreamweaver Advanced Development

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Advanced Development

Overview
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Application Development provides students with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage dynamic websites using Dreamweaver CS4. In this course, you’ll learn how to connect to a database, search and display results, and build a page to update the database. If you’ve always dreamed of building a more advanced, data-powered site, but didn’t know where to start, then this course is for you.

Who Should Attend
This course is for people new to Dreamweaver (or who have used it only to build static web sites) that want to use it to create data-driven web applications. To take this course, you should:

  • Be comfortable working with the Windows operating system.
  • Be familiar with web terminology.
  • Be comfortable with what is required to develop a static web application.
  • Have completed the Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Website Development course or have equivalent experience.

Prerequisites
Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn

  • Database Panel and Application Wizards
  • Basics of Dynamic App Dev
  • Working with a Database and Dreamweaver
  • Basics of Drill-Down Interface • Building Recordsets and Binding Data to a Page
  • Server Debug Options
  • SQL – INSERT, UPDATE, SELECT, and DELETE
  • Security and Login
  • Creating a Dynamic Search Interface

LESSON PLANS

  • Introduction
  • Understanding the course format
  • Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
  • Looking at the course outlines

Getting Started

  • Understanding static vs. dynamic pages
  • Working with sites in Dreamweaver
  • Learning Dreamweaver interface basics
  • Developing dynamic pages
  • Including common code
  • Using the Database Panel
  • Using databases on the web
  • Creating a database connection
  • Using the Database panel
  • Using the Bindings panel to create a simple recordset
  • Creating an advanced recordset using joins
  • Binding Data to a Page
  • Binding data to a page
  • Using Live Data View
  • Formatting data using the Bindings panel
  • Inserting a dynamic image
  • Customizing Recordset Display
  • Introducing Server Behaviors
  • Displaying all rows in a recordset using Repeat Region
  • Introducing Application Objects
  • Using the Recordset Navigation Bar to page through recordsets
  • Displaying Recordset Navigation Status
  • Using the Server Debug View
  • Creating Drill-down Interfaces
  • Creating a drill-down interface
  • Generating dynamic links
  • Using dynamic filters in SQL
  • Using the Dynamic Table Application Object
  • Creating a master-detail page set
  • Creating a Search Interface
  • Reviewing HTML Forms
  • Creating dynamically populated drop-down menus
  • Creating fi ltered recordsets
  • Inserting Rows into a Table
  • Creating a form and using the Insert Record Server Behavior
  • Validating form data using Behaviors
  • Creating dynamic form elements
  • Using the Recordset Insertion Form Application Object
  • Updating Rows
  • Creating an interface for updating data
  • Displaying results in a table using the Dynamic Table Application Object
  • Creating a pre-filled form for the row to update
  • Using URL parameters
  • Using the Record Update Form Application Object
  • Manually creating a form and applying an Update Record Server Behavior
  • Deleting Rows
  • Understanding the delete process
  • Creating a delete confi rmation page
  • Passing hidden data in a form
  • Using a SQL Delete statement
  • Using the Delete Row Application Object
  • Authenticating Users
  • Setting and retrieving cookies
  • Authenticating users with a web application
  • Building the registration pages
  • Building the log-in page
  • Restricting access to pages