The first post in this series introduced the problem of accessing IoC container features dynamically. We brushed over two common patterns: Global Container (or Static Service Locator ) Injected Context Before we move on from this topic, I'd like to look at one more pattern in this theme that may not...

As a follow up from my last post about Global Container vs. Injected Context , I would like to share this snippet from Component Software , which casts the difference between the two approaches in another light: "A software component is a unit of composition with contractually specified interfaces...

There is surprisingly little information out there in cyberspace on how IoC containers should fit into application architectures. In parallel with my MEF/Ruby series, I'm going to discuss some of the principles that I believe should be applied to "container-managed" application design. The Enigmatic...