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Programming Throwdown attempts to educate Computer Scientsts and Software Engineers on a cavalcade of programming and tech topics. Every show covers a new programming language, so listeners will be able to speak intelligently about any programming language. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store

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Unit Testing: Tools of the show: JsFiddle and towel.blinkenlights.nl. Books of the show: The Lean Startup (Kindle: http://amzn.to/157xbEl ), (Hardcover: http://amzn.to/12HwaDp) and Ender’s Game (Kindle: http://amzn.to/VcfVtD), (Paperback: http://amzn.to/Wg32hx) by Programming Throwdown
75 min listen
C#: iOS OTA updates, Decompilers, Broadband Caps, Natty Narwhal, Tools of the day: VLC, and PortableApps by Programming Throwdown
60 min listen
HTML and CSS: Humble Indie Bundle 3, Linux Kernel 3.0, End of shuttle program, Tools of the day: Freemind and Picasa by Programming Throwdown
75 min listen
Python Programming Language: Browser updates, Goldman Sach's employee jailed, EnergyJava, Oregon Trail, Tools of the day: Fossil and Unison by Programming Throwdown
69 min listen
C Programming Language: PS3 Hackers, Nokia partners with Microsoft, Tools of the day: Comix and Bitcoin by Programming Throwdown
58 min listen
BASIC: The voices of China's Workers, Raspberry Pi Supercomputer, Common Crawl, Turing Complete Magic the Gathering by Programming Throwdown
53 min listen
C++: Visualizing Code, Used Game Makrket, Prince of Persia source code, Tools of the BiWeek: Sfxr, DC Universe Online by Programming Throwdown
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Matlab and Octave: Amazon EC2 loses service, Portal 2 is released, Wii 2 is coming, Lego assembly line, Tools of the day: TI MSP430 Launchpad and Sketchup by Programming Throwdown
73 min listen
Prolog: Smartphones, Types of Coders, Zygna IPO, Google+, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Tools of the day: FreeNX and Evernote by Programming Throwdown
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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 by Programming Throwdown
70 min listen
Assembly: Netflix, Ebooks, Apple Developers Getting Sued, Kids on Facebook, Open Source Projects, Hype. Tools of the day: FileZilla and PuTTY by Programming Throwdown
75 min listen
Erlang Programming Language: ISO Standardizes C++ 2011, Google hires inventor of java to work on android, Google Code Jam begins May 6th, Facebook open sources its servers, Tools of the day: Microsoft Dependency Walker and Keepass by Programming Throwdown
62 min listen
Objective-C: Wii U, Duke Nukem Forever, How/Why we got into programming, Tools of the day: JavE and ascii flow diagram by Programming Throwdown
80 min listen
Javascript: Codecademy, HP Touchpads, Minecraft, Tools of the BiWeek: Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) and Hamachi by Programming Throwdown
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Build Automation: New Top Level Domains, Anatomy of Freemium, LinkedIn Passwords Leaked, $100 Masters Degree, Tools of the BiWeek: Apache Cordova (Formerly PhoneGap), Xbox Media Center (XBMC) by Programming Throwdown
69 min listen
Lisp: Cuda, Roguelikes, DosBox in chrome, Tools of the BiWeek: Chrome NaCl, Handbrake by Programming Throwdown
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Interface Description Languages (IDLs): PSP Hackers, Smartphone watch, Pacman in 0x10C, Tools of the BiWeek: Sublime Text Editor, Luminance HDR by Programming Throwdown
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Logo Scratch Lego: Book of the Show Jason: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid http://amzn.to/1LWYOpJ ; Patrick: Leviathan Wakes http://amzn.to/1HjpfAo by Programming Throwdown
66 min listen
Lua: Facebook IPO, Javascript Arduino, Brain Controlled Robots, Tools of the BiWeek: JDBM/BerkeleyDB, Audacity by Programming Throwdown
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Hadoop: Tools of the show: Emacs and Chrome Browser Sync. Books of the show: Hadoop: The Definitive Guide http://tinyurl.com/cp3mw32 and Anathem http://tinyurl.com/cas8bux by Programming Throwdown
67 min listen
Mailbag: Steam comes to linux, Microsoft Surface, Kickstarter Iphone Dock Fail by Programming Throwdown
81 min listen
LaTeX: Tools of the show: Cocos2d-X and Snapseed. Books of the show: Algorithms in C++ http://tinyurl.com/agbc8t7 and Head First Design Patterns http://tinyurl.com/ayxb7q6 by Programming Throwdown
67 min listen
FPGAs: 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 by Programming Throwdown
81 min listen
Dart: Raspberry Pi, Autonomous Cars, Stanford Online Courses, Tools of the BiWeek: Disk Usage Programs, Spelunky by Programming Throwdown
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Applied Artificial Intelligence: Tools of the show: WebM and FFMpeg. Books of the show: 2br02b http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21279 and The Code Book (Kindle: http://amzn.to/14zADaL), (Paperback: http://amzn.to/11j2l7G) by Programming Throwdown
68 min listen
Unix Commands: 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 by Programming Throwdown
78 min listen
Java: Ouya, Is C/C++ Worth It?, Engineered Jellyfish. Tools of the BiWeek: Cygwin, MinGW and Macports, uShare by Programming Throwdown
78 min listen
JVM Languages (Jython, Clojure, Scala): Tools of the show: Ripple Emulator and Battle of the Bulge. Books of the show: Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction http://amzn.to/X6DpwS and Ready Player One http://amzn.to/Yg3zzP by Programming Throwdown
60 min listen
SIMD: 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 by Programming Throwdown
73 min listen
Swift: 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 by Programming Throwdown
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