Dreamweaver 8: Developing ASP Applications UK Classes & Lessons (Adobe Macromedia)

About this class

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Developing ASP Application is a three-day course for those who already have some experience of using Dreamweaver to build static web content and who want to use Dreamweaver and ASP to create dynamic, data-driven websites. This popular course is designed to provide students with the practical knowledge and hands-on Dreamweaver skills required to build professional data-driven websites. The course focuses on combining Dreamweaver functionality (if you are working with PHP, please call for a separate course outline).

The course covers setting up a site and building a simple, dynamic application. You will cover how to co0nfigure your system to pass data between pages, send and receive email, communicate with databases, collect, process, filter and display dynamic data, authenticate specific users, work with dynamic forms and build update pages. If you wish to work on your own website or project as part of the training - this course can be taken as individual tuition or as a company course.

Day one of the course covers the benefits of using ASP.NET, connecting to and querying a database, creating re-usable templates and using DataSets.Day two will cover inserting and updating data, creating search forms and results pages, security issues and maintaining and deploying your site.You can choose between joining one of our popular public scheduled courses or taking this course as individual tuition or as a private company course in order to work on your own project.

Contents of this class

GETTING STARTED

Defining a static site
Creating the contact page
Creating a new page based on an existing page
Working in design view, code view and split view
Inserting and formatting text
Inserting images from the insert bar
Creating tables
The Property Inspector and the Properties Panel

DYNAMIC WEBSITES

Dynamic Web site basics
Choosing a server model
Redefining the site for dynamic development
Developing with a local server
Developing with a remote server
Building a simple, dynamic application

PASSING DATA BETWEEN PAGES

Understanding the HTTP protocol
Retrieving data
Setting and retrieving cookies

SENDING EMAIL FROM A FORM

Introducing SMTP email service
Writing code to send emails
Introducing objects, methods, functions
and properties
Creating the web form
E-mailing dynamic form values
Client side form validation

DATABASES ON THE WEB

A crash course on databases
Connecting the site to a database
Creating recordsets and
Displaying database information.