Chapter 1 — Notes to the Reader

• §1.1 — overviews the structure and organization of the book; the breadown of the parts, and the individual chapters; you can skim it if you want … there's no technical content
• Skim §1.2
• Skip §1.3.2 and §1.3.3
• §1.4 makes for some interesting reading on the history of the language
• §1.5 — we will be using the Advice section of each chapter we cover as the cerntal focus. We will be covering most of the items, and the text readings and notes will reflect the sections relevant to those items.

Chapter 2 — A Tour of C++ : The Basics

• The whole chapter is readable and relevant with the following exceptions:
  • §2.2.3 — you can skip the details on constexpr
  • You can skip §2.3.3 (if you covered enumerations in Java, you should be able to read it)
  • You can skim/skip §2.4.2 (Namespaces), §2.4.3.2 (Invariants), and §2.4.3.3 (Static Assertions)

Chapter 3 — A Tour of C++ : Abstraction Mechanisms

• You can skip §§ 3.1.1.1, 3.2.1.2, and 3.2.1.3
  • The first uses operators; the second, dynamic memory allocation, and the last assumes a bit of familiarity with collection design and the STL
  • Feel free to skim them, you probably can get something out of them
• Skip §§ 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4 (the first paragraph of §§ 3.2.2, 3.2.4 are worth reading)
• Skip § 3.3; the notes cover the relevant material
• Most of § 3.4 that s understandable is covered in the lecture notes.
  • Definitely skip §§ 3.4.3-3.4.5

Chapter 4 — A Tour of C++ : Containers and Algorithms

• You can skim the chapter, using the lecture notes as a guide
• In particular, you can skip §§ 4.5.1-4.5.6 (you might want to read the first paragraphs of §§ 4.5.1-4.5.3, 4.5.5

Part II

Chapter 6 — Types and Declarations

• Again, a skimmable chapter
• much of the basic type material should be somewhat familiar from the corresponding Java types
  • One are representation (size and alignment)of various types, this material is in §§ 6.2.8-6.2.9; it won;t affect your coding for this class, but might make for interesting reading
• Skip § 6.6.3

Chapter 7 — Pointers, Arrays, References

• You can skip §§ 7.3.2.1-7.3.2.2, § 7.4.2, § 7.5
• Skip §§ 7.7.1-7.7.3; you might want to skim § 7.7.4

Chapter 8 — Structures, Unions, and Enumerations

• Skip §§ 8.3-8.4
  • If you've learned abvout enumerations in Java, you should be able to read § 8.4

Chapter 9 — Statements

• The whole chapter is readable; § 9.6 (the goto is more of an interesting read in a statement that is rarely if ever used.

Chapter 10 — Expressions

• The chapter introduces expressions in § 10.2 in the context of a developed sample program (a calculator), which can be skipped
• § 10.3 is an overview of the language's operators; § 10.3.4 can be skipped
• § 10.4 should be basically readable; skip §§ 10.4.4-10.4.5
• § 10.5 is also readable; skip § 10.5.2.4

Chapter 11 — Select Operations

Chapter 12 — Functions

Chapter 15 — Source Files and Programs

• the chapter is mostly readable
• ni § 15.2, you can skip discussions of the static and extern keywords
• skip §§ 15.2.5-15.2.6
• § 15.3 can be read without delving into the calculator module specifics
• skip § 15.4.2

Chapter 16 — Classes

• § 16.2.6 can be skipped, though the facility described (explicit constructors) is useful to at least know about, and upon occasion necessary to employ
• skip §§ 16.2.7, 16.2.9.2-16.2.9.4, 16.2.13
• § 16.3 can be read without getting into the details of the developed Date class

Chapter 17 — Construction, Cleanup, Copy, and Move