Building your first dynamic application with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
The MX family of products represents a new generation of products from Macromedia. One of the key features of the MX family of products is the great way in which they let you work with data in your web pages. If you are reading this, you probably have been looking at how to move your site to a new level by making it dynamic.
What you will learn
This tutorial will teach you to build a simple application using Dreamweaver MX and ASP.NET, ColdFusion MX, or PHP, and will help you understand a few best practices of application design. Once you're finished with this beginning tutorial, move on to the intermediate level tutorial in Record Store part 2 for ColdFusion or PHP. The PHP version of Record Store part 2 requires the user authentication server behaviors, which are only available in Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Dreamweaver 8. The tutorials and sample files for part 1 are available below.
Level
Beginner
Requirements
To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:
ColdFusion version
- ColdFusion MX Server
- Windows NT or 2000 Server
- Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7
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Tutorials and sample files:
recordstore_cf.zip (2,263 KB)
ASP.NET version
- .NET Framework
- Win2000 Server
- Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7
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Tutorials and sample files:
recordstore_dotnet.zip (1,961 KB)
PHP version
- Windows NT or 2000 Server
- PHP application server
- MySQL database server
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Tutorials and sample files:
recordstore_php.zip (1,851 KB)
Once you've finished the Record Store tutorial, move on to the intermediate level Record Store tutorial part 2 for ColdFusion or PHP, where you'll learn how to add search and authentication functionality to the Record Store application.
