Tuesday, March 30, 2010

What tools does Dreamweaver have built...

I'm aware that Dreamweaver has built-in tools for XHTML/CSS Web development, and also able to write PHP scripts. But does Dreamweaver have built-in PHP development tools to make it just as easy as XHTML/CSS development?

What tools does Dreamweaver have built...

It has a full range of server behaviors and other tools that make it easy to create core dynamic pages in PHP, as well as ASP and ColdFusion. These include:

  • Create connection to database
  • Create recordset (simple or advanced)
  • Binding panel - for dragging and dropping dynamic data on da page (had to keep the alliteration going ;-)
  • Repeat region (for displying multiple records from a recordset)
  • Insert record
  • Update record
  • Delete record
  • Show region based on recordset empty or not empty
  • Authentication routines for creating a log in page and protecting pages in your site

There are many other PHP specific tools. Of course, it will only take you so far, but you can build a very robust site just using the Dreamweaver dynamic toolset.

Best - Joe

Joseph Lowery

Author, Dreamweaver CS4 Bible

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