Rezwana IslamCIS100.0261

Dr. Avis O Anderson5/28/2007

Experience in a Computer Fair

Since I have missed the media conference day due to my class schedule conflict, I have attended a Tri-State Computer Fair in BrooklynPolytechnicUniversity. It took over an hour to reach there from where I live but it was worth it. It was a very exciting day for Brooklyn Polytechnic students. The fair was held in the gymnasium of that University where different companies were selling Softwares, DVDs, CDs, laptop and desktop computers, digital cameras, I-Pods, and different parts of the computer. In some of the stalls sales representatives were giving a brief presentation about some software which they were selling. Many companies were representedsuch as, Dell Special, Flaming Sun Inc, Atek Tel, H.F. Computing, Dynamic technology Group, Inc, Computer Media – components and Accessories, Notebook Computer Wholesale, Laptop Parts and Repair, Main St. Laptops, Spotswood, NJ.

I have bought Adobe “Dreamweaver CS3” and typing software “Typing Tutor 10” which I am very excited about. I have also bought some DVDs from there. I have spent $189 for the Dreamweaver since it was 25% off. The reason I bought Dream weaver is to create a professional looking website for my e-portfolio and also to become an expert in creating web pages for business purposes. This could be a new horizon for me where I could create and maintain professional websites for different companies as a webmaster. I bought the typing software because I need to improve my typing speed. After taking CIS100, my interest about computer has been increased. Now I want to learn about some new software. To supplement my knowledge, I explored the topic further by going into the website.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 is a web development tool. This sofwtware is available for both the Mac and Windws platforms, but can also be run on Unix-like platforms through theuse of emulation software such as Wine.

Dreamweaver is an excellent software for quickly and easily design, develop, and maintain websites and web applications from start to finish. Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3offers the choice of working in an intuitive visual layout interface or a streamlined coding environment. Intelligent integration with Adobe Photoshop® CS3, Adobe Illustrator® CS3, Adobe Fireworks® CS3, Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional, and Adobe Contribute® CS3 software ensures efficient workflow across our favorite tools.

Using Dreamweaver, a person can get pixel-perfect designs in Design view, can write complex code in Code view, or do a little of each. It gives complete CSS support . CSS, short for Cascading Style Sheets, is a new feature being added to HTML that gives both Web site developers and users more control over how pages are displayed. With CSS, designers and users can create style sheets that define how different elements, such as headers and links, appear. These Style Sheets can then be applied to any Web page. Advantage of dreamweaver is of visual CSS tools that make it easy to view, edit, and move styles within and between files, as well as see how your changes will affect the design.

Dreamweaver accelerate workflow with new CSS layouts, and test design with the new Browser Compatibility Check (to see if browsers like internet explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera so oncan load the web pages perfectly and accurately).

Integrated coding environment organize and accelerate coding with code collapse, color coding, line numbering, and a coding toolbar with comment/uncomment and code snippets. Apply code hints for HTML and server languages.

Another advantage of Dreamweaver is of support for leading web development technologies, including HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, Adobe ColdFusion®, ASP, ASP.NET, and JSP.

Using Dreamweaver, we can learn as we go with comprehensive in-product tutorials, reference content, and instructional templates that make it easy to expand our skill set and adopt the latest technologies. We can enjoy all the benefits of the extensive Dreamweaver community, including the online AdobeDesignCenter and AdobeDeveloperCenter, training and seminars, developer certification programs, user forums, and more than 1,000 downloadable extensions available in the Dreamweaver Exchange.

After the research, I have found out that Dreamweaver is an outstanding tool which is beautiful inside and out. Through it, we can unleash our creative ideas with visual designs, specializes page layout, and formatting. Dreamweaver is one of the most powerful applications for building and managing WebPages. With Dreamweaver we can create tables, forms, CSS styles; we can create our own templates and use them to edit hundreds of pages on our website with a single mouse click. Pages created with Dreamweaver typically result in cleaner HTML code, and they look almost perfect in Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Opera. Since I have missed our media conference day at school, I am hoping for another event next year and I am sure by then I would know about web designing.

Works Cited

“Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.” C Net. Ed. Elsa Wenzel, 16th April 2007. 28th May 2007. 32378938.html.

“Dreamweaver CS3.” PC Advisor. Ed. David SawyerMcFarland, 29thMarch 2007. 28th May 2007.

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