Know any books to learn code?

Question

Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good
books for beginers on Dreamweaver. More over, I want to learn
myself the code used.
Cheers

Answer 1

I spent several weeks learning how to write html using the
Mac's TextEdit. I had tried DW first, but as we all know here, I
couldn't get anywhere without knowing some code. I did some
tutorials and worked on my own html pages until I felt comfortable
with the basics. (I was preparing for a DW workshop, so I had extra
incentive -- and it was very helpful!) Besides, it was interesting
and even kind of fun.
Books that were helpful for me:
1. For HTML (not DW), take a look at Head First HTML with CSS
and XHTML by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman (O'Reilly). The
book may look a little unusual, but it worked for me! (I had tried
several other books first.) Also from the Peachpit Press Visual
Quckstart Guide series, the HTML, XHTML and CSS answered some of my
questions. A book that is now a little older but one with a
straightforward approach that covers the basics is Learning Web
Design, by Jennifer Niederst Robbins (another from O'Reilly). Her
newer book is Web Design in a Nutshell, which is more of a
reference book instead of an instruction guide (it's pretty dense
and doesn't include tutorials).
2. For CSS, try the O'Reilly book, CSS, The Missing Manual,
by David Sawyer McFarland. Includes a chapter on Dreamweaver.
3. For Dreamweaver, someone already mentioned The Missing
Manual. I didn't get far with the Macromedia/Adobe Training from
the Source book/CD (although after working hard on this stuff for a
few weeks, it will probably make more sense to me now). The Adobe
on-line tutorials are good if you can find the ones you need (with
all the Adobe resources on line, it can be challenging to find just
the right ones). The Help files that came with DW seem to talk in
circles, so I have really needed some extra resources.
Good luck!
Kathy (Daylilybud)