Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web 2 (Paperback)

by Jim Cheshire (Author)
Key Phrases: web parts, design view, interactive button, Expression Web, Dynamic Web Template, Server Extensions (more...)

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Product Description

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Expression® Web 2

 

The only EXPRESSION WEB 2 book you need

 

The successor to the best-selling book on the first release of Microsoft Expression Web, this book provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Expression Web 2. You’ll learn the basics of Web design and Expression Web 2 and gain valuable insight into Expression Web 2’s advanced features, such as ASP.NET and PHP development. If you’re interested in learning how to design standards-compliant Web sites using Expression Web 2, this is the only book you need.

 

     •    Create standards-compliant Web sites with Expression Web 2 that work consistently in all browsers.

     •    Become proficient in the use of CSS by learning how to use the powerful CSS tools in Expression Web 2.

     •    Learn how to take advantage of ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX without writing any code.

     •    Learn how to use the new PHP features available in Expression Web 2.

     •    Add dynamic, interactive content with Behaviors and Layers.

     •    Design your Web site for accessibility using both Section 508 and WCAG compliance.

 

“Expression Web was built to help web authors create standards-based and standards-compliant web sites. Jim Cheshire has a broad understanding of those standards and a deep appreciation of Expression Web. Put the two together and you’ve got a guide that helps you understand and build sites that meet the challenges of modern Web design.”

—Steven Guttman,

Product Unit Manager,

Expression Web

 

Jim Cheshire is the owner of Jimco Software, a freeware software company and technology review site, and is the author of several books on Web development and ASP.NET. Jim has been heavily involved in Web development for more than a decade and has operated and designed many Web sites during that time. He’s been featured in numerous publications, including MSDN Magazine and PC Magazine. Jim previously worked on the FrontPage team at Microsoft and currently is an escalation engineer on the ASP.NET and IIS teams.

 

Category:  Web Development

Covers    Microsoft Expression Web 2

User Level    Beginning—Advanced

 

On the CD-ROM

     •    Sample files from the author

     •    FREE! full version of Logo Creator (retail value of $39.95)

     •    FREE! full version of DHTML Menu Builder Lite (retail value of $25)

     •    Electronic version of this book in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF)

 

Cover image: Digital Vision Photography/Veer Inc.

 

About the Author

Jim Cheshire is the owner of Jimco Software and Books and is the author of several Web design books. In his real job, Jim works as an escalation engineer at Microsoft on the ASP.NET and IIS teams. He has worked on the FrontPage, Visual Basic, ASP, IIS, and ASP.NET teams at Microsoft over the past 10 years.

 

You can reach Jim by visiting one of his web sites, www.jimcobooks.com or www.jimcosoftware. com. You can also email him at [e-mail].

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Product Details

• Paperback: 792 pages
• Publisher: Que (April 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789737841
• ISBN-13: 978-0789737847
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,521 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice to see a book from someone who really knows his stuff!, May 13, 2008

By	Sarah Pabel (Montana, USA) - See all my reviews

By trade I develop ASP.NET applications. However, we do a lot of our design work using tools like Dreamweaver. Recently we started working with Expression Web because we're a Microsoft shop. Naturally, we decided we needed to get a good book to get up to speed, so we chose Jim Cheshire's book on Expression Web based on the reviews. It was a great choice for us!

When we decided to move to Expression Web 2 (we're big AJAX fans!), we obviously went with Cheshire's book, and it was a great decision. (Actually, one of my co-workers chose a different book on Expression Web 2 that had a similar review score, but he's often in my cube borrowing my copy of Cheshire's book. :-)) Not only does this book contain really great coverage of the new ASP.NET features, but it also has great information on all of the other features in Expression Web 2, including PHP. I really wasn't expecting that since Cheshire is an ASP.NET expert and apparently works on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft!

If you are at all interested in Expression Web 2, you really owe it to yourself to get this book. Don't mess around with the imitations! Cheshire produced the highest rated book on the first version of Expression Web, and this book is certainly not a disappointment. I love it!

Sarah

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, July 3, 2008

By	Randal Tusha (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews

This book is very well written and composed. The beginning of the book sums up the basics, letting you know what will be covered. From then on, each chapter is full of nearly all of the information you need in order to complete each individual task. The chapters are neat, organized, and very precise. Each chapter tells you what it is about, then tells you how to do it.

I bought this book (Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web 2 (Special Edition Using)) the same day that I bought Microsoft Expression Web 2, and it helped me tremendously. (I bought the program -and- the book on Tuesday)

If you are reading this and contemplating buying this book over any other, my vote is that you buy this book. Like I said, it is clear and direct, and explains everything you need to know. What little bit of information that isn't covered is some of the extremely basic concepts that a quick google search will resolve.

Hopefully this review has been helpful...

Again, 2 thumbs up to this book!

-Randal

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book on Expression Web 2, May 21, 2008

By	Rebecca G. - See all my reviews

I bought this book to get a handle on the new features in the product. I found it to be an excellent guide. The instructions were very clear and didn't talk down to me. They also didn't flood me with "techie talk" that I don't understand. It was just a nice balance of both. Best of all, all of the examples work exactly as they are presented. I purchased the On Demand book too, and it didn't succeed in that regard.

They say that this book is the only book you need on Expression Web 2. I agree. After reading this, I wish I had bought the first book by this author instead of the one I got a year ago. I highly recommend this book.