Most people buy computer books to learn, yet it's amazing how few books are written by teachers. Garrick and I take pride that this book was written by experienced teachers, who are familiar with training students in this subject matter. In this book, you'll find carefully developed lessons and exercises to help you learn Dreamweaver CS3–one of the most capable Web development tools available today.

This book is targeted at the beginning- to intermediate-level Web designers and Web developers who are looking for a way to get up to speed on the basics of Dreamweaver CS3 quickly and easily. The premise of the hands-on approach is to get you up to speed quickly with Dreamweaver CS3 while actively working through the lessons in this book. It's one thing to read about a program, and another experience entirely to try the product and achieve measurable results. Our motto is, “Read the book, follow the exercises, and you'll learn the program.” I have received countless testimonials, and it is our goal to make sure it remains true for all our hands-on training books.

This book doesn't set out to cover every single aspect of Dreamweaver CS3, nor does it try to teach you how to hand code a Web site from scratch. What we saw missing from the bookshelves was a process-oriented tutorial that teaches readers core principles, techniques, and tips in a hands-on training format.

I welcome your comments at books-errata@lynda.com. If you run into any trouble while you're working through this book, check out the technical support link at http://www.lynda.com/book/dwcs3/errata.aspx.

We hope this book will improve your skills in Dreamweaver CS3 and Web design in general. If it does, we have accomplished the job we set out to do!

–Lynda Weinman

About Garrick Chow

Garrick Chow is a full-time Training Developer and Evangelist for lynda.com. He is the author of four other books in the Hand-On Training series, covering Adobe Acrobat and Mac OS X, and he has created and recorded more than 20 video-based training titles for the lynda.com Online Training Library®. In addition to his work with lynda.com, Garrick has led classes at numerous conferences, universities, government agencies, and private corporations. His articles have appeared in MacAddict and Mac|Life magazine. In the evenings, he sheds his mild-mannered computer trainer appearance and rocks out as the bass player for the indie-rock band, The Jellybricks (www.thejellybricks.com). He can often be found playing music when he should be working, and working when he should be playing music.