Learning Objectives

By the end of this book, you will be able to:

• Build applications using hash tables, dictionaries, and sets
• Implement a URL shortening service using a bloom filter
• Apply common algorithms such as heapsort and merge-sort for string data types
• Use C++ template metaprogramming to write code libraries
• Explore how modern hardware affects the actual runtime performance of programs
• Use appropriate modern C++ idioms such as std::array, instead of C-style arrays