Recommended booklist
I strongly suggest that you supplement our classroom time with one or more books. Before you spend your money consider the online help available which includes the official manual in acrobat pdf form. Take the opportunity to sample a few of the books I will bring to classes and check reviews at online booksellers.

Although we will be using Dreamweaver MX for the course you can still get some use from books on Dreamweaver 4. Differences are so small for the most used features that I have had little difficulty moving between versions 2, 3, 4 and MX. Dreamweaver MX 2004 has CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) more closely integrated into the interface and this can be frustratingly different from previous versions, so if you are buying MX 2004 get books to match it!

Buying online?

Amazon give a good service and useful reviews. (If you use the link above, amazon pay this site a small commission!)

To compare availability and prices between about 30 online sellers try bookbrain.co.uk. Copy the isbn number listed against a book that you want and paste it into the search field.

Prices will often be heavily discounted on older books, which may help if you can still get hold of books for MX rather than MX 2004. A useful alternative supplier to amazon is Computer Manuals UK.

In addition to my recommendations below, the Inside Dreamweaver and Friends of Ed books are particularly good.

	1. Dreamweaver MX Hands on Training by Garo Green. ISBN: 0321112717 Particularly clear and practical in a way the manual is not. The cd includes over 100mb of QuickTime movies which explain concepts clearly, if in an American accent. The book is full of interesting exercises that bring Dreamweaver to life. Cannot recommend this one enough to get you up and running quickly. Can be the difference between giving up on Dreamweaver or making it to the point where it becomes fun (really!). Official Price £33.99
	2. The Dreamweaver MX Bible by Joseph W. Lowery. ISBN: 0764549316 This is over 1200 pages and comforting to have when things go wrong - and they will. The best Dreamweaver reference work by far, and a great companion work to the Hands on Training book reviewed above, as once you understand the concepts from that book, the Dreamweaver Bible gives you greater detail. Start with the Hands on Training, then get this one. Includes lots of useful stuff on the cd too. £34.99
	3. Dreamweaver MX Visual Quickstart Guide by Tarin Towers. ISBN: 0201844451 The Visual Quickstart Guides are thorough and clear, and are a good compromise alternative to the pair of books I recommend above. Neither as comprehensive as the Dreamweaver Bible, nor as motivating and insightful as the HOT books, still a darn sight better than no book at all, and at a realistic price of £18.99
	4. <designing web graphics.4> by Lynda Weinman. New Riders  ISBN: 0735710791 The whole picture: comprehensive and authoritative, yet readable and well illustrated. I can't afford it at £42.99 list, but I am ordering a few for the library at City College... highly recommended.
	5. Site-Seeing by Luke Wroblewski ISBN: 0764536745 Explores how good visual design will enhance usability, using hundreds of real world examples.
	6. Computer Arts and Web Projects Specials on Dreamweaver and Flash At about six pounds, not a substitute for a good book, but rather collections of disparate tips, tutorials and profiles of leading websites. Recommended for professionals, advanced students and for those who wish to get a copy for future reference.