Optimizing the Workspace for Visual Development

You can optimize the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 workspace to develop web applications visually. For example, you can use panels to rapidly build dynamic pages and you can view data live on your pages while you work.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Displaying web-application development panels

Viewing your database within Dreamweaver

Viewing live data in Design view

Working in Design view without live data

Previewing dynamic pages in a browser

Restricting database information displayed in Dreamweaver