Re:Why I Hate Frameworks (2005)
by solutionyogi on Saturday March 14, 2015 @06:03PM
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Here's the current status of .NET software development.
I think there is a broad agreement that unit testing is a very useful tool in developing quality software. Because of the inherent limitation of C#, you can't unit test easily if you don't use DI. This often leads to a situation where you have tons of interfaces + each interface is implemented exactly by one class. This is because product like Isolator is not free. Hyptothetically, if Isolator was provided by Microsoft for free, I am sure that we will see reduced usage of DI.
Don't get me wrong, I think there are other scenarios where DI is a great technique in designing components which are flexible. However, those scenarios are not that many. Using DI to make your software unit testable is an overkill IMHO.
I think there is a broad agreement that unit testing is a very useful tool in developing quality software. Because of the inherent limitation of C#, you can't unit test easily if you don't use DI. This often leads to a situation where you have tons of interfaces + each interface is implemented exactly by one class. This is because product like Isolator is not free. Hyptothetically, if Isolator was provided by Microsoft for free, I am sure that we will see reduced usage of DI.
Don't get me wrong, I think there are other scenarios where DI is a great technique in designing components which are flexible. However, those scenarios are not that many. Using DI to make your software unit testable is an overkill IMHO.