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The Modern C++ Challenger

By : Brent Arnold, Kristian Secor
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The Modern C++ Challenger

By: Brent Arnold, Kristian Secor

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C++ is one of the most widely-used programming languages and has applications in a variety of fields, such as gaming, GUI programming, and operating systems, to name a few. Through the years, C++ has evolved into one of the top choices for software developers worldwide. You’ll begin your challenge with various math problems, including Armstrong numbers. As you progress through the course, the complexity of the challenges will increase. You’ll write a class template that represents a two-dimensional array container. You’ll also write a program to find files in a directory that match a regular expression. While tackling algorithms and data structures, you’ll create buffers and print histograms. Things will get tougher when you’ll write code to implement a general-purpose parallel algorithm using asynchronous functions. Whether it is creating an EAN-13 barcode generator or encrypting and decrypting files, this course will put your skills to test and in turn teach you several new features of C++.

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The Modern C++ Challenger
Brent Arnold | Kristian Secor
Mar, 2019 | 1 hours 53 minutes
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Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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1
Math Problems
Introduction
Level 1 - Problem 1
Level 1 - Problem 2
Level 1 - Problem 3
Level 1 - Problem 4
Level 1 - Problem 5
Conclusion
2
Language Features
Introduction
Level 2 - Problem 1
Level 2 - Problem 2
Level 2 - Problem 3
Level 2 - Problem 4
Level 2 - Problem 5
Conclusion
3
Streams and Filesystems
Introduction
Level 3 - Problem 1
Level 3 - Problem 2
Level 3 - Problem 3
Level 3 - Problem 4
Level 3 - Problem 5
Conclusion
4
Algorithms and Data Structures
Introduction
Level 4 - Problem 1
Level 4 - Problem 2
Level 4 - Problem 3
Level 4 - Problem 4
Level 4 - Problem 5
Conclusion
5
Concurrency
Introduction
Level 5 - Problem 1
Level 5 - Problem 2
Level 5 - Problem 3
Level 5 - Problem 4
Level 5 - Problem 5
Conclusion
6
Design Patterns
Introduction
Level 6 - Problem 1
Level 6 - Problem 2
Level 6 - Problem 3
Level 6 - Problem 4
Level 6 - Problem 5
Conclusion
7
Data Serialization
Introduction
Level 7 - Problem 1
Level 7 - Problem 2
Level 7 - Problem 3
Level 7 - Problem 4
Level 7 - Problem 5
Conclusion
8
Archives, Images & Databases
Introduction
Level 8 - Problem 1
Level 8 - Problem 2
Level 8 - Problem 3
Level 8 - Problem 4
Level 8 - Problem 5
Conclusion
9
Cryptography
Introduction
Level 9 - Problem 1
Level 9 - Problem 2
Level 9 - Problem 3
Level 9 - Problem 4
Level 9 - Problem 5
Conclusion
10
Networking and Cloud Services
Introduction
Level 10 - Problem 1
Level 10 - Problem 2
Level 10 - Problem 3
Level 10 - Problem 4
Level 10 - Problem 5
Conclusion
Chapter 4
Algorithms and Data Structures
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Section 5
Level 4 - Problem 4
Write a program that implements Richard Dawkins' weasel computer simulation, described in Dawkins' words as follows (The Blind Watchmaker, chapter 3): We again use our computer monkey, but with a crucial difference in its program. It again begins by choosing a random sequence of 28 letters, just as before ... it duplicates it repeatedly, but with a certain chance of random error – 'mutation' – in the copying. The computer examines the mutant nonsense phrases, the 'progeny' of the original phrase, and chooses the one which, however slightly, most resembles the target phrase, METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL.
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