Programming Throwdown

Did you know that there was a programming language co-invented by a consortium of government offices and top businesses (at the time)? Today we talk about that language: COBOL, and also discuss the mainframe computers of that era that ran COBOL. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/70-cobol-and-mainframes

Today we chat with Mark Engelberg about his background in software engineering and game design. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/69-puzzle-games-with-mark

Today we chat with John Sonmez about soft skills: communication, self-motivation, learning to learn, and negotiation, Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/68-soft-skills-with

Today we explain how cryptocurrency works and why it is possible to buy and sell electonic currency. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/67-cryptocurrency

In this episode we explain how code reviews work and why they are so important. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/66-code-reviews

In this episode we interview Josh and Adam from Kobiton. They describe the challenges with releasing a mobile app for many platforms, and how Kobiton allows one to test their app on many devices in the cloud. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/65-testing-on-mobile-with

In this episode we explain how data is encrypted and decrypted, and how you can use encryption in the things you build. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/64-cryptography

In this episode we interview Spencer Gibb and Mark Heckler from Pivotal, the company behind Spring Framework: a set of powerful enterprise Java libraries and services. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/63-spring-framework

On this show we discuss PHP and Hack, an language that extends PHP. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/62-php-and-hack

On this show we discuss Clojure and ClojureScript, and all the amazing things you can build with them. Show notes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/61-clojure-with-eric-normand