5.

Connect to a database. (See  Connecting to a database  in Chapter 23, 

 Setting Up a Web Application .)

6.

Read the overview at the beginning of each chapter in Using 

Dreamweaver to determine whether its topics are of interest to you.

Experienced hand coders

If you are an experienced hand coder, this section will point you to sections 

of the Dreamweaver documentation that are most appropriate for your 

background.

For experienced hand coders:

1.

Begin by reading 

Chapter 8,  Tutorial: Working with Code 

 in this 

Getting Started with Dreamweaver guide.

2.

In Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver), read Chapter 1, 

 Exploring the Workspace  to learn more about the Dreamweaver user 

interface.

3.

Although much of the material in Chapter 2,  Setting Up a 

Dreamweaver Site  and Chapter 4,  Managing Your Files  is probably 

familiar to you, skim those chapters to see how these familiar concepts 

are implemented in Dreamweaver. Pay particular attention to the 

sections on setting up a Dreamweaver site.

4.

Read more about coding with Dreamweaver in Chapter 19,  Setting Up 

Your Coding Environment,  Chapter 20,  Coding in Dreamweaver,  

Chapter 21,  Optimizing and Debugging Your Code,  and Chapter 22, 

 Editing Code in Design View .

5.

Read the overview at the beginning of each chapter in Using 

Dreamweaver to determine whether its topics are of interest to you.

Web application developers

If you are a web application developer, this section will point you to 

sections of the Dreamweaver documentation that are most appropriate for 

your background. There are two different approaches, depending on 

whether you've used Dreamweaver before.

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