Others say...

"Disorganized"
This book is so disorganized that it is difficult even to review it. There is no logical progression. The book starts with how to publish a website which is the last thing you do in creating one. The rest of it is a series of loosely related topics. If you end up buying this book, I would suggest starting in the index because it is probably going to be your most direct way of finding what you are looking for.










"Beware"
Beware if you are trying to learn Expression Web (EW). This book is not for you. This is for someone who has been doing web designing (or developing) for a long time using other tools. It is not for those who are just learning. He deals with all kinds of technical stuff right at the beginning and doesn't explain. He refuses to tell you WHY you might want to perform such and such a function he's only interested in telling you HOW. His examples will include making code changes to CSS sheets before he even discusses CSS sheets. He doesn't even discuss creating text on a web page until well after page 100.

If you are looking to switch tools and use Expression Web, so you're already familiar with setting up a web page, or a web site, and using CSS, then this book might be good for you. But if you are looking to learn from the ground up, go somewhere else. He mentions himself in the book that this is a book to be used as a reference manual and not to be read sequentially. But to use it as a reference manual, you need to know enough to ask the right questions and then look up the answers. This book will do nothing to help you to ask the right questions.

"The Best Book on Expression Web 2"
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.


"Nice to see a book from someone who really knows his stuff!"
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

"Great book on Expression Web 2 and PHP"
This book covered everything I needed to know to about the new version of Expression Web. I also learned how to take advantage of PHP since my host doesn't offer ASP.Net. The writing style was clear and there are a lot of screen shots to make it even better. I'm really excited about what I'm going to be able to do with what I've learned from this book!

 

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What our customer's say!

"Horrible "How To" Book", This book reads like an index. There is no tact to it whatsoever. If you have a specific problem and need to look it up, I assume it would be fine. However, if you want to learn the product look elsewhere.

"Beginners should look elsewhere to learn Expression Web 2", As a beginner in Expression Web 2, I found this book way over my head. I thought the author presented the material in a poor order for a beginner, and I never did figure out the best starting point for me. I will have to go to the book store and browse through other books on Expression Web 2 to find one that starts at the beginning.

"Very Helpful Book!", I purchased this book along with another Expression Web book by Wrox entitle "Beginning Expression Web" on the same day. While I have found both books very usesful and informative, I found Expression Web 2 by Jim Cheshire to be of much more value. While I am not new to ASP coding, I am new to Expression Web 2. I recently switched from Dreamweaver MX. Expression Web 2 has some learning curve to it. Especially in the area of database connectivity which was my main reason for purchasing both books. Special Edition Using Expression Web 2 is very well written and laid out well. The amount of detail given to the various controls is a very welcomed aspect of the book. The book has plenty of "Tip" and "Caution" side notes to ensure you that your website will work the way you want it to.
The book comes with a companion CD which includes a logo creator and sample code. I highly recommend this book to those who are just learning Expression Web. I know I will keep mine handy by my PC for quick reference for some time to come.
In addition to the CD, you can also visit the authors site at [...] The website has a lot of great video tutorials which teach you to accomplish the tasks in the book.
Kudos to the author!

"Don't bother if you have 1st edition", I bought this book even though I have the previous version so I could get right to work using Expression Web 2, learn it's new features and additional guidance on how to best use the program. I was very disappointed to find that this book is virtually identical to the first edition. No "what's new in the new version", no changes other than screen shots from the first edition. The author did a find and replace to change every "Expression Web" to "Expression Web 2", added a couple of paragraphs on importing Photoshop (PSD) files, a couple of pages on the PHP update and a couple of pages on the Silverlight & Flash support. Flipping through the book I see the new features marked by a "new" icon (I counted only 6 in the entire book). While these new features may have justified a new version of the program for Microsoft they are covered in minimum detail in this 800page book. Expression web being a fairly complex program could benefit from a book that offers practical advice on workflow and how to approach a web project using this program rather than just explaining the elements of each panel and menus as this book does. Expression Web needs better guide books if it wants to play a significant roll in the future of website development. The program is powerful enough, but the learning curve is as steep as Flash, Quark or Photoshop. This book does little to flatten that curve.

"Excellent Book!", 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






 
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