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.
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Debugging
This show covers Debugging: how to fix and maintain code across any language. Book of the Show Jason & Patrick: Mindhacking http://www.mindhacki.ng/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Fortran
This show covers Fortran: An old (but still very useful!) imperative language for numerical calculations. Books of the Show Jason: A Theory of Fun in Game Design http://amzn.to/1FShtR6 Patrick: Monster Hunter International http://amzn.to/1EeqWO2★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Node.js
This show covers Node.js: A server-side platform for developing network applications. Books of the Show Jason: You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less http://amzn.to/1CsrFsO Patrick: Abyss Beyond Dreams (Peter F. Hamilton) http://amzn.to/1NYmqJZ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Unity
This show covers Unity: A Toolchain and set of three scripting languages primarily for making games. Tools of the show: Jason: Meld http://meldmerge.org/ Patrick: Space Marshals http://www.pixelbite.se/pbsite3/?page_id=7675★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Rust
This show covers Rust: A memory-safe systems programming language. Tools of the show: Jason: This War of Mine Patrick: Vainglory. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
SIMD
This show covers SIMD: A set of languages for fast array operations. Tools of the show: Jason: OpenEmu Patrick: Mint.com. Books of the show: Jason: Emacs Quick Reference Card: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/refcards/pdf/refcard.pdf Patrick: The Mote in God’s Eye http://amzn.to/1AwlOaf★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Funky Languages
This show covers Funky Languages: esoteric languages that are created mostly for fun. Tools of the show: Jason: Open Broadcaster Software Patrick: Plex. Books of the show: Jason: Impro for Storytellers: http://amzn.to/1sMohKv Patrick: The Android’s Dream (John Scalzi): http://amzn.to/1wHkOL0★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Swift
This show covers Swift, a language developed by Apple for iOS and OS/X. Tools of the show: Jason: Nextdoor Patrick: Waze. Books of the show: Jason: Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail... http://amzn.to/1rvKXbP Patrick: Red Seas Under Red Skies http://amzn.to/1oZplmS★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Haskell
This show covers Haskell, a statically-typed functional language. Tools of the show: Jason: Uber Patrick: Store Coupon Apps. Books of the show: Jason: Start With Why http://amzn.to/1uNg61I Patrick: Childhood's End http://amzn.to/1s8Fmv★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Databases
This show covers Databases. Tools of the show: Jason: nvAlt / nvPy Patrick: Arduino. Books of the show: Jason: Negotiating For Dummies http://amzn.to/1jS9Yem Patrick: Steelheart http://amzn.to/1lsRxBv★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Design Patterns
This show covers Design Patterns. Tools of the show: Jason: VirtualBox Patrick: Bittorrent Sync. Books of the show: Jason: HTML5 Game Development Insights http://amzn.to/1g94JVS Patrick: The Martian http://amzn.to/1smEYc8★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
OpenSCAD
This show covers OpenSCAD and 3d modeling. Tools of the show: Jason: uSelect iDownload Patrick: Skulls of the Shogun. Books of the show: Jason: My Friend Dahmer http://amzn.to/1eOLNL8 Patrick: Make Magazine http://makezine.com/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Unix Commands
This show covers Unix Commands and How to Ace an Interview. Tools of the show: Jason: Duolingo Patrick: 123D Design. Books of the show: Jason: Locke and Key http://amzn.to/L2LmEq Patrick: Lies of Locke Lamora http://amzn.to/1dIUJjy★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
FPGAs
This show covers Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) programming. Tools of the show: Jason: Kaggle http://www.kaggle.com/ Patrick: KiCad http://www.kicad-pcb.org/ . Books of the show: Jason: Mahout in Action http://amzn.to/1eizgRS Patrick: Bebop to the Boolean Boogie http://amzn.to/1cGRdaD★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
CUDA and OpenCL
This show covers CUDA and OpenCL, languages targeting the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). Tools of the show: NES/SNES Together https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.mistertea.android.emu.nes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.mistertea.android.emu.snes, JODA-Time http://www.joda.org/joda-time/. Books of the show: Understanding Computational Bayesian Statistics http://amzn.to/1cGrjEX and Going Postal http://amzn.to/13egaIw★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★