Browser compatibility

Most of this will work on most mainstream Browsers, but embedded slides are best viewed using Chrome.

Information layers

This book tries to layer information so that readers can decide to omit less important layers if they wish to.

More important information are in bold or highlighted while less important information are dimmed or in collapsed panels such as the below.

You can use the button in a panel to open it as a new tab (it can be expanded in-place too). This feature is available only for panels containing another full page of the website (i.e., not available if the panel contains an extract of a page). e.g.,

Tabs indicate alternative content (e.g. video vs text). You can choose the one you like and ignore the other tabs.

Dotted underlines indicate (activated by hovering over it) and dashed underlines indicate modal windows (activated by clicking) containing additional information.

Conventions used

Shorthand headings

Meaning of some shortened headings:

• What : the meaning of the concept in concern (example)

• Why : the motivation behind the concept in concern (example)

• How : the usage of the concept in concern (example)

• When : the pros and cons of the concept in concern, when to use the concept (example)

Meaning of icons

Searching

The book currently does not have a search feature. The workaround is to load the printable version of the book (which loads the entire book into one page, minus the exercises) and use the Browser's search function.

Saving as PDF files

Follow this guide @SE-EDU/guides.

Printing

The icon indicates printer-friendly versions of each chapter. A printer-friendly version of the entire book can be found here.