Emad Ibrahim - Latest Comments in The Best IoC Container?

Re: The Best IoC Container?

Nicholas Blumhardt — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:32:45 -0000

Hi Emad,

Thanks for the suggestions. I've updated the name of the download to "Release 1.2.7 for .NET 3.5" (your assumption was correct.)

Regarding Autofac.Integration.Web.Mvc.dll - it is in the /bin folder contained within the zip file (featured on the front page - should have been the file you downloaded.) All of the Autofac assembiles should be included in the same download.

I'd love to hear how you go if you have another shot. The http://groups.google.com/group/autofac group is always a good place to ask any questions you come up with.

Cheers!

Nick

Re: The Best IoC Container?

eibrahim — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:16:19 -0000

I don't have anything specific. But a small suggestion, I wasn't sure which
version to use. One version said Release 1.2.7 for .net 2.0 and the other
said Release 1.2.7... Which .net version is that one? 1? 1.1? 3.0? 3.5? I
assumed it was 3.5 and downloaded that one.

Also when I tried to integrate it into my asp.net mvc project according to
your wiki on MvcIntegration, I am supposed to reference
Autofac.Integration.Web.Mvc.dll - which is no where to be found and there
was no link to download it anywhere...

So, I figured if things are going to be that hard to get started and find
things, they will be a lot harder when I have a serious issue down the road.

I hope that helps.

PS: I am willing to give it another shot if you can point me in the right
direction.

Re: The Best IoC Container?

Nicholas Blumhardt — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:59:18 -0000

Hi Emad,

Any suggestions for making Autofac more approachable? Documentation is an endless task, but I'd love to know where the API might be improved to make it more 'discoverable'.. :)

Cheers,

Nick

Re: The Best IoC Container?

Shane Bauer — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:33:53 -0000

StructureMap is a good choice. I would have gone with StructureMap or Windsor, personally.

Re: The Best IoC Container?

Matt — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:46:30 -0000

http://ninject.org/ is nice to work with.

Re: The Best IoC Container?

chadmyers — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:11:43 -0000

Of course I'm biased (I sit next to the creator/maintainer every day), but +1 on StructureMap.

Windsor is a good choice, too. Don't know much about Autofac, but I've heard a few good things about it.

Avoid Spring.NET, though. I started out with it, it was easy to get going, but it falls apart on IoC features very fast.