Posted by kenoli on 05/23/07 15:26

When I started out programming in php (my first programming
experience) I thought Dreamweaver was going to be the magic touch. I
had been creating web pages in Dreamweaver for years. I found that it
was harder to try to use the dreamweaver interface for php especially
the sql interface, than to just hand code php. I do use Dreamweaver
to design the css and html parts of my pages, for file uploading and
previewing and to keep some code libraries, but I code the php
directly. Except for setting up the css and html, it hasn't added
much.

I hardly use it for previewing any more anyway, since it is faster to
bookmark the pages I am coding and preview them from a browser. I was
cloning my database on my computer and using it as a testing server
and Dreamweaver was useful for switching between my local and remote
servers, but I even dropped that as it meant keeping both databses up
to date for any active software.

--Kenoli

On May 23, 4:02 am, "Virginner" <the....@LOSEITvirgin.net> wrote:
> "MarkW" <mark...@REMOVENOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:jdd65390vh9jaaopa4hq99qarkga8gkikl@4ax.com...
>
> > Sometime back I bought a couple books on Dreamweaver and Flash for the
> > CS2 Suite and along with it bought a book for Php, Foundation Php for
> > Dreamweaver 8. I read the Dreamweaver and Flash books but never have
> > read the Php book. Now that I was ready to I just upgraded to the CS3
> > suite.
> > My question is, is it important to look for a newer Php book to use
> > with this CS3 suite or would the current book be ok and up to date?
> > Should I look into the Foundation Php 5 for Flash 8 as a complement to
> > the current book or is there a completely other book I should look
> > into? I'm completely new at Php so am definitely looking at something
> > that's entry level.
>
> PHP has nothing to do with Dreamweaver, Adobe etc. Just pop towww.php.net
> and/orhttp://www.w3schools.com/php
>
> There's also loads of other tutorials out there.
>
> If you've ever programmed, you should be able to get started.
>
> ps. don't multipost ;-)
>
> Have fun.

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