Programming Throwdown
Programming Throwdown educates Computer Scientists and Software Engineers on a cavalcade of programming and tech topics. Every show will cover a new programming language, so listeners will be able to speak intelligently about any programming language.
180 episodes transcribedQuery Languages
Episode Date: October 28, 2012This show covers Query Languages, programming languages designed at accessing data from databases. Tools of the biweek: Pixen and Downcast...
Build Automation
Episode Date: June 27, 2012This show covers build automation, scripts to streamline the build process. News: New Top Level Domains, Anatomy of Freemium, LinkedIn Passwo...
Interface Description Languages (IDLs)
Episode Date: April 26, 2012This show covers Interface Descrption Languages (IDLs), such as thrift and protocol buffers. News: Sony fighting with PSP hackers, Pebble sma...
Javascript
Episode Date: August 29, 2011This show covers Javascript, the only client-side scripting language built into most modern browsers. The episode talks about Patrick's move...
HTML and CSS
Episode Date: August 5, 2011This show covers HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), two of the three languages that make up most client-side...
Objective-C
Episode Date: June 18, 2011This show covers Objective-C, the premier language for iphone, ipad, and os/x app development. The episode talks about the upcoming Wii U con...
Matlab and Octave
Episode Date: April 27, 2011This show covers Matlab, a matrix-based interpreted multiprocessing function language. This episode talks about cloud computing, gaming, and...
Erlang Programming Language
Episode Date: April 8, 2011This show covers Erlang, a multiprocessing function language. The show talks about latest updates in C++ and java, then talks about open sour...
Python Programming Language
Episode Date: March 25, 2011This show covers Python, a popular interpreted language. The show begins with discussion on javascript and browser updates, then goes into th...
C Programming Language
Episode Date: March 9, 2011This show covers C, the foundation of all programming languages. We begin by introducing ourselves, then jump into talking about the PS3 hack...