
094: Design Patternitis - 5 Tips to Help You
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In this episode of Fragmented, Donn talks about a common problem almost all software engineers face in their career - Design Patternitis.
So, you've read the books on design patterns and now you're applying them everywhere. Just because some code can be put into a pattern doesn't mean you should. Or should you? How can you apply them when needed? Donn shares 5 tips with you that you can use to help combat Design Patternitis.
Show Notes
- Head First Design Patterns
- Design Patterns - GoF Book
- Patterns of Enterprise Application Archicture - Fowloer
- Code Review StackExchange
- Code Mentor
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