Base.cs Podcast

We've gotten acquainted with heaps as arrays, now we're diving into heap sort with some help from a few condiments! Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Heapify All The Things With Heap Sort". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

So we've talked about heaps, but how do you represent heaps as arrays? And why would you want to? We break it down step by step! Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Learning to Love Heaps". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

Now that you've got your heap, what do you do with it? Shrink and grow it of course! We talk about how to add and remove values from a heap with the help of a few cats. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Learning to Love Heaps". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

What are heaps? How are they related to binary trees? We use losers, winners, and some cards to help us get to the bottom of heaps! Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Learning to Love Heaps". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

How does quicksort perform? And how do variables, like the pivot number, affect it? We walk through three examples to find out! Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Pivoting To Understand Quicksort [Part 2]". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

We learn all about our second "divide and conquer" algorithm, quick sort! We walk through how it works with help from a queendom, a few pointers, and a very helpful pivot number. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Pivoting To Understand Quicksort [Part 1]". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

Finally, a sorting algorithm that doesn't suck! We explore how merge sort works and why it performs better than insertion, bubble, and selection sort. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Making Sense of Merge Sort ". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

We dig into how insertion sort works, how we know where to do our inserting, and how this sorting algorithm performs, all with the help of our new boos. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Inching Towards Insertion Sort". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

We are super bubbly about bubble sort! We dig into our second sorting algorithm and break down how it works and why it's actually not a great way of sorting things. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Bubbling Up With Bubble Sorts". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org

What is selection sort? How does this algorithm work? And just as importantly, how does it perform? We use broken books and cookies to tell you all about it! Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Exponentially Easy Selection Sort". We're on Patreon! If you like the show and want to support our work, become a patron here. You'll get stickers, postcards, and even socks. Let's make computer science more accessible and fun! Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science. Saron Yitbarek (co-host) Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast. CodeNewbie CodeNewbie is the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. They produce the CodeNewbie Podcast and the annual Codeland conference. Follow them on twitter @CodeNewbies. For more info, checkout www.codenewbie.org