Autofac VS Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection

Compare Autofac vs Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection and see what are their differences.

Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection

Autofac implementation of the interfaces in Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions, the .NET Core dependency injection abstraction. (by autofac)
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Autofac Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection
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4,376 183
0.7% 1.1%
7.5 7.7
20 days ago 12 days ago
C# C#
MIT License MIT License
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Autofac

Posts with mentions or reviews of Autofac. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-25.
  • Modular Dependency Injection in .NET
    2 projects | dev.to | 25 Mar 2024
    When I was building application with .NET Framework I always used libraries like Autofac and SimpleInjector for dependency injection. I really liked to create modules (Packages in SimpleInjector) to achieve higher cohesion and lower coupling in my class libraries. I made a module for every class library in which all dependencies inside of that class library were registered. Why should my web application (for example) know if MyBeautifulService in MyBeautifulClassLibrary should be transient or singleton?
  • Optimizing .NET solution architecture for faster compilation through project decoupling
    1 project | dev.to | 5 Dec 2023
    A well-known implementation of inversion of control is dependency injection. With libraries such as Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, Autofac, and others, it is possible to list abstractions and their implementations, and the library will take care of resolving the dependencies between types.
  • "7D Mad Rogue Kart" post-mortem
    1 project | /r/roguelikedev | 12 Mar 2023
    For the first shot, I wanted to manually web the systems together. For the next iteration, I might go with an IoC framework like Autofac.
  • Autofac Resovle with type stored in variable
    1 project | /r/xamarindevelopers | 1 Dec 2022
  • Aria Access Issue with System.Net.Http
    1 project | /r/esapi | 31 Oct 2022
    When you test and debug your scripts in your pc, it should be fine to set TargetFramework to 4.8, but in order to run binaries / standalones in Aria / Eclipse environment, target Framework version must be set to 4.5.2 for v15.x and 4.6.1 for v16.x. Btw, it looks like autofac.org shows it works for .NET 4.5.1+.
  • AutoFac question
    1 project | /r/csharp | 28 Oct 2022
    Why do you want to know this? How do you come up with a random question like that? You can check out the whole source https://github.com/autofac/Autofac if you want to know how it exactly works.
  • I am new to programming, I am learning python, I visit this sub quite often, everyone dislikes Pyhton here, and...
    1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 8 Jul 2022
    anyway about the module register https://autofac.org/
  • Modularize ASP.NET DI configurations using Autofac
    2 projects | dev.to | 14 Nov 2021
    Nevertheless, with the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection being the new and good default for libraries to provide means for configuration, I want to use these extension methods to setup my dependency injection container of choice, which is Autofac.
  • A Step by Step Guide to ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
    2 projects | dev.to | 21 Aug 2021
    In the past, we were using libraries and frameworks like Autofac, Castle Windsor or Unity to implement Dependency Injection in our projects but Dependency injection is now part of the ASP.NET Core. All the Framework services like Configuration, Logging, Routing, etc. are now registered in a built-in DI Container and provided to us as services wherever we need them. The basic idea is to register all services (dependencies) when the application starts and then these services will be injected and resolved at runtime.
  • Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) in .NET with Autofac Interceptors
    2 projects | dev.to | 17 Jul 2021
    If you would like to find out more about Inversion of Control, you can read more about it at Microsoft Docs. You can also learn more about Autofac (and fall in love with their adorable mascot) on the Autofac website.

Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection

Posts with mentions or reviews of Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-14.
  • Modularize ASP.NET DI configurations using Autofac
    2 projects | dev.to | 14 Nov 2021
    Autofacs integration with Microsofts DependencyInjection (https://github.com/autofac/Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection) adds an PopulateServices extension that allows to add all services in an IServiceCollection to the Autofac configuration.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Autofac and Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection you can also consider the following projects:

Unity - This repository contains all relevant information about Unity Container suit

DryIoc - DryIoc is fast, small, full-featured IoC Container for .NET

Ninject - the ninja of .net dependency injectors

AdaptiveClient - Library and pattern for creating a scalable, loosely coupled service layer. Build interdependent services that are granular and testable. Inject a single client that allows the application to access the entire service layer. Provision services across multiple providers and transports with almost zero application infrastructure.

Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection

AdaptiveClient.EntityFrameworkCore - Utility classes and methods for using AdaptiveClient to work with DBContext and other Entity Framework Core objects. Build loosely coupled services, readily accessible via a lightweight façade. Easily build your service layer to use multiple providers (MSSQL, MySQL, SQLite) with no additional infrastructure. Use connection string objects to as keys to resolve specific implementations of DbContext for migrations and testing.

Castle Windsor - Castle Windsor is a best of breed, mature Inversion of Control container available for .NET

Simple Injector - An easy, flexible, and fast Dependency Injection library that promotes best practice to steer developers towards the pit of success.

Scrutor - Assembly scanning and decoration extensions for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection

StructureMap - A Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control tool for .NET

Lamar - Fast Inversion of Control Tool and Successor to StructureMap