Dreamweaver UltraDev's Features

Dreamweaver UltraDev is a superset of Dreamweaver, sold separately and built atop the Dreamweaver platform. It can read information from databases and other data sources. UltraDev is a complete development environment for creating server-side applications using JSP, ASP, and ColdFusion (future versions may support PHP). Although this book does not cover UltraDev-specific features, I mention them here to help you decide if you should develop your site using UltraDev instead of the basic Dreamweaver application. In short, if you are building a database-driven web site, you should seriously consider using UltraDev.

Luckily, all your existing Dreamweaver knowledge will transfer seamlessly to the UltraDev environment. UltraDev includes all of Dreamweaver 4's capabilities, plus the following features not covered in this book:

• Live data collection and customization

• Multiserver design environment

• Data bindings

• Remote database connectivity

• User authentication server behaviors

• Master detail, database editing, recordset navigation, and recordset status life objects

• Dynamic data formatting

• Server behavior library

• SQL Query Editor

• Code Navigation

• JavaBeans support

• Recordable server behaviors