Chapter 7 Template chapter

7.1 Overall goal of the chapter

In this section we will describe what the overall aim of this chapter and target audience including:

  • What they are already expected to know (their previous knowledge)
  • What are the goals of the audience

Learning objectives

  • What you will learn
  • What you will be able to do at the end of this chapter
  • What you will not learn & what to read instead
  • Where to go from here

7.2 Section 1 (topic 1)

Each section developed within the chapter should contain a narrative to give a bit of a context and again demonstrate the target audience (if needed). Beyond it should provide topic-specific learning objectives and examples, which are to be intertwined with so-called self-check exercises which will allow the reader to assess his comprehension of the topic so far.

Exercise 1: The exercise description to be in the coloured box & the small, control exercises should be placed at the end of the subsection.

7.3 Section 2 (topic 2)

Shortcut: Shortcuts to be in a yellow box.

7.4 Section 3 (topic 3)

7.5 Further resources

In this section we provide links to additional websites and sources that are useful in a given topic or package in the following way:

7.6 Summary

This closing section should show the reader what has been done in this chapter and how it links with the topics provided in the next chapter by a brief introduction to next topic.

7.7 Exercise solutions

  • Exercise 1
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  • Exercise 2
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7.8 Putting into practice

[we are not decided if these sections necessary, may be too cluttered]

This final section is aimed at consolidating the knowledge and skills learned throughout the whole chapter, where the reader can put them into practice in a more complex working example with a new context.