Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010 by Bryan, Kellar, Marcy, Rehmani, Asif, Windischman, Woodrow W. Phillips

Professional Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 describes SharePoint Designer, and how to use it in an Enterprise environment to enhance Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. It covers key integration points SharePoint, Viso, InfoPath, and the rest of your Enterprise data.
Key areas covered include:
Creating and modifying web part pages
Using the CSS editing tools to create and modify SharePoint themes
Master and Layouts pages
Using the SharePoint Data View web parts and custom workflows to create a rich interactive experience with both SharePoint and other enterprise data
Using SharePoint Designer to leverage the powerful client-side programming model

The ideal reader for this book is a SharePoint Site Administrator or a Designer who needs to customize a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 based web site to meet enterprise guidelines, an IT Pro who needs to connect SharePoint with other enterprise resources, or a developer who needs to create components to integrate into the SharePoint framework. The design reader is probably comfortable with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and may be an accomplished asp.net developer, but may not have a complete understanding of how to apply these skills in a SharePoint environment. The business and IT Pro readers understand the process they want to implement, but are looking for a tool to help them. A basic understanding of XML and XSL is helpful for all readers. The reader may have used web design and programming tools such as Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia/Adobe Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Visual Studio.