Chapter 9. Working with Code

What we'll cover in this chapter

  • Setting Dreamweaver preferences

  • Exploring Code view

  • Working with Code Hints

  • Enhancing web pages by adding JavaScript

  • Checking the compatibility of your site

The prospect of working with code often scares new web designers and even some seasoned pros. Perhaps this is due to the barrage of acronyms everyone has to contend with—ASP, PHP, XML, HTML, JSP, CSS, and so on—or it could be that using code seems so alien to graphic design. However, if you don't know how to directly manipulate code, it's far harder to create cutting-edge sites, and near impossible to optimize them. Code also enables you to create a bunch of cool things that would otherwise be impossible (or at least very tricky) using ...

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