Just wanted to get that out of the way up front.The thing I like best about Adobe's CIB series is that it is truly a tutorial, not just a reference book. I come to this review slightly prejudiced. I constantly recommend the books to folks who want to get up to speed on Adobe's software. I am a BIG fan of the Adobe Classroom in a Book (CIB) series. You do need to be a fluid operator of your computer and you should have some understanding of what the Internet is to take advantage of the potential offered here. You do not need an extensive hardware background to follow the book. The next challenge will be learning LiveMotion from the CLIB for that application.I highly recommend GoLive 6.0 Classroom in a Book to all levels of users. As I continue the lessons, I will be updating the site's design to incorporate what I'm learning. I found the supplied lesson materials matched the book perfectly, something I have not always found, and the exercises were not simple busy work, but true teaching exercises.I'm only part way through the book, but I feel I know enough that I've begun designing my own site. Lesson 2 provides an excellent introduction to the GL interface and structure. One suggestion: if you are a first time user of GoLive (GL), start with Lesson 2 or at least working part way through it. I already own and use some Adobe products, so the interface seemed very familiar to me.This is not to say the interface is simple, and that's where the Class Room in a Book comes in. Macromedia was OK, but I was not at ease with their interface. FrontPage was reasonably priced, but did not offer much in the way of flexibility. I'd helped put some simple web pages together and realized I do not want to code pages. I looked at other tools like FrontPage, Macromedia's offering and even some HTML editors. I needed a tool to get a personal promotion site up and running. The only thing missing from the classroom experience is interaction with the teacher.My background is hardware bashing, not code bashing or web development. I needed help fast and I needed a self paced training that would keep me interested. This is my first venture into the CLIB series and my first venture into serious web designing tools.
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