• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Web designers with no prior JavaScript experience can now easily add AJAX-driven functionality to their sites. Adobe Certified Master Instructor James Williamson demonstrates how in Dreamweaver CS4: Introduction to Spry. This course covers the three main focuses of Spry: creating interactive effects, using widgets to shape the user experience, and populating pages with data. Exercise files accompany the course. A working knowledge of HTML and CSS is recommended for this course.

Course Dreamweaver CS4: Introduction to Spry Author James Williamson SKU ISBN Release Date 2009-04-29 Duration 4.12 hrs / 47 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags CS4

1. Introducing Spry What is AJAX? 03:07 What is JavaScript? 02:39 What is XML? 02:39 Spry overview 02:55 Downloading the Spry framework 03:25 Using Adobe's online Spry documentation 02:20 Dreamweaver-Spry integration 04:09 Managing Spry assets 04:20 2. Spry Effects and Spry Widgets Understanding Spry effects 02:58 Adding Spry effects 08:41 Spry widget overview 02:55 Adding Spry widgets 06:21 Styling Spry widgets 06:37 Customized widget styling 08:43 3. Building Navigation Through Spry Planning for drop-down menus 03:12 Examining the Spry menu bar widget 05:44 Inserting the Spry menu bar 08:00 Styling menu bar placement 06:03 Styling menu bar links 09:21 Coding for non-JavaScript enabled clients 09:48 4. Validating Form Data with Spry Exploring form validation 02:58 Inserting text field validation widgets 07:22 Inserting password and confirmation validation widgets 06:49

Inserting a checkbox validation widget 04:50 Controlling basic validation widget styling 07:14 Understanding validation message functionality 04:01 Controlling validation message functionality 08:37 5. Working with Spry Data What is a Spry dataset? 02:44 Creating Spry datasets with Dreamweaver 01:48 Creating an XML dataset 07:23 Understanding HTML datasets 06:49 Styling master/detail regions 11:20 Using non-table HTML elements for data 10:32 Using Excel spreadsheets to build datasets 08:16 Hiding unloaded data references 04:15 6. Hand-Coding Spry Taking Spry beyond Dreamweaver 03:57 Writing XML 08:03 Coding widget structure 07:56 Constructing Spry datasets through code 03:53 Defining Spry regions and data references 04:58 Constructing Spry widgets through code 05:19 Controlling panel animation through CSS 04:52 Enhancing effects through CSS 07:59 Conclusion Goodbye 00:16