UCL for Code in Research

The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

UCL for Code in Research is a technology podcast hosted by Peter Schmidt, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Peter Schmidt hosts UCL for Code in Research, a technology show with 20 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  5/10 Classes and Design [2026]

  Feb 17, 202634 minS1

  <p>Here we touch on some ways to build classes in C++ and how class design such as class hierarchies can help to make code more readable, more maintainable and less error prone (amongst other things). Klaus Iglberger and I also touch on design patterns and briefly what other programming paradigms exist apart from object oriented programming (OOP).</p><p>Links</p>https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-forgotten-history-of-oop-88d71b9b2d9f The forgotten history of OOPhttps://medium.com/@ryan_forrester_/struct-inheritance-in-c-comprehensive-guide-2027689d10ed structs and classeshttps://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/index.html Enterprise Integration Patterns by Gregory Hohpehttps://martinfowler.com...

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  4/10 On Polymorphism [2026]

  Feb 10, 202627 minS1

  <p>Inheritance, templates, function overloading - they all fall into the category of polymorphism in programming. My guest Klaus Iglberger and I discuss the different aspects of how this could be done with C++. </p><p>Links</p>https://www.stroustrup.com/glossary.html#Gpolymorphism Glossary provided by Bjarne Stroustruphttps://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/polymorphism/https://ics.uci.edu/~jajones/INF102-S18/readings/05_stratchey_1967.pdf Christian Strachey's article where he introduces polymorphismhttps://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/6041.6042 Article by Cardelli and Wegner On Understanding Type, Data Abstraction and Polymorphismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_method_table virtual tables (vtables)https://p...

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  3/10 Throw, try, catch...test [2026]

  Feb 3, 202632 minS1

  <p>Exceptions are essentials, as are error codes. Writes Bjarnes Stroustrup. And so on our 3rd stop through C++ I talk about what you could do when things go wrong. And what you can do to prevent errors - with testing. My guest is, again Klaus Iglberger.<br/><br/>The sounds you're hearing are from the excellent https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk BBC sound library - free of use for non-commercial purposes. <br/><br/>Links:</p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_handling_(programming)https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p1947r0.pdf B Stroustrup's article 'C++ e...

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  2/10 Data Types and the world of (smart) pointers [2026]

  Jan 27, 202635 minS1

  <p>In the beginnings were...data and data types. Which is where we begin our journey through C++. The language provides for a range of interesting, fundamental, complex and custom types - one of which is a set of pointer types. <br/>My guest in this episode is Marc Hartung from Dive in Berlin, Germany.<br/><br/>Links:</p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_(computer_programming) summary of what pointers arehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_(programming_language) one of the early uses of pointers in the APL languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management article on memory managementhttps://l...

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  1/10 C++ - An Introduction [2026]

  Jan 20, 202638 minS1

  <p>This first episode is about introducing C++, where it started, how it evolved. You will hear from 2 practitioners: Klaus Iglberger (C++ coach/trainer) and Marc Hartung (tech lead at Dive in Berlin).<br/><br/>Here are a few links for you to follow up on:</p>https://www.stroustrup.com The Home Page of Bjarne Stroustrup who created C++. There are plenty of links for you to followhttps://isocpp.org/std/the-standard The C++ standard homepage https://www.mn.uio.no/tjenester/it/hjelp/programvare/simula/versions/simula-1967/commonbasedefinition1967.pdf the specs of Simula 67, still available online. Simula inspired B...

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