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Donn Felker

Kaushik Gopal

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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.

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](https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Design-Patterns-Brain-Friendly/dp/0596007124)
* [Design Patterns - GoF Book](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0201633612&pd_rd_r=0HJJHQS8TPTHBCQE3A7C&pd_rd_w=L0Vq6&pd_rd_wg=6p3Bn&psc=1&refRID=0HJJHQS8TPTHBCQE3A7C)
* [Patterns of Enterprise Application Archicture - Fowloer](https://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Enterprise-Application-Architecture-Martin/dp/0321127420/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0321127420&pd_rd_r=4CXVH0SEBJTV6QFJW1FZ&pd_rd_w=Gm437&pd_rd_wg=mTZAB&psc=1&refRID=4CXVH0SEBJTV6QFJW1FZ)
* [Code Review StackExchange](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/)
* [Code Mentor](https://www.codementor.io/code-review-experts)

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Donn Felker

@donnfelker

Kaushik Gopal

@kaushikgopal

Fragmented · August 28, 2017

094: Design Patternitis - 5 Tips to Help You

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