LordBowlich rated Opening the hand of thought: 5 stars

Opening the hand of thought by Kōshō Uchiyama
For over thirty years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in …
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For over thirty years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in …

Quite simply, test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development. While some fear is healthy (often viewed as …
Still I think an excellent resource for learning how to think through the process of tackling a programming problem (eating the elephant as you will).
I would probably, these days skip part 2 though as we have such a plethora of testing frameworks to choose from, in some cases built into the languages specs themselves that knowing how to built your own xUnit isn't worth the read.
Still I think an excellent resource for learning how to think through the process of tackling a programming problem (eating the elephant as you will).
I would probably, these days skip part 2 though as we have such a plethora of testing frameworks to choose from, in some cases built into the languages specs themselves that knowing how to built your own xUnit isn't worth the read.

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