Introduction

The World Wide Web continues to evolve , growing in scope and complexity, with new technologies popping up every year to make the Web look and work better. Even people building personal Web sites now employ various programming languages and server technologies to dish up content. Throughout its history, Dreamweaver has managed to keep pace with this changing technological landscape with each new version.

Dreamweaver 8 is no exception: It's capable of working with more technologies than any previous version. Whether you're creating database-enabled Active Server Pages, adding your favorite site's XML-based news feeds directly to your home page, using Cascading Style Sheets for cutting-edge design effects, or simply sticking to straightforward HTML pages, Dreamweaver has just about all the tools you need.

Any enterprising designer can create Web pages, Cascading Style Sheets, and even JavaScript programs with a simple text editor. In fact, Dreamweaver 8 provides powerful text-editing abilities for creating basic text files or complex Java server pages. But why go to all that trouble when Dreamweaver's visual page-building approach makes your job of creating beautiful and complex Web sites so much easier? Whether you're new to building Web pages or a hard- core , hand-coding HTML jockey, Dreamweaver is a powerful tool that lets you build Web sites quickly and efficiently , without compromising the quality of your code.