Mastering Hilt - What is Dependency Injection and It's Advantages
Becoming Proficient in Dependency Injection with Hilt for Android (Kotlin)
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What is Dependency Injection?
Dependency Injection (DI) is a software design pattern used in programming to improve code organization, maintainability, and testability. In simple terms, it's a way to provide objects, or dependencies, to a class from outside rather than having the class create those objects itself.
Imagine you have a class A that needs access to another class B to perform some functionality. Instead of class A creating an instance of class B inside itself, DI allows you to inject an instance of class B into class A from the outside. This way, class A can focus on its core functionality without worrying about creating or managing its dependencies.
Advantages of Dependency Injection
1. Loose Coupling: Dependency Injection reduces the tight connections between classes. Classes no longer directly create their dependencies, making them more independent and easier to modify.
2. Easy Testing: With Dependency Injection, you can provide mock or fake dependencies during testing, isolating and testing each component independently without the need for real external resources.
3. Code Reusability: Injected dependencies can be reused in multiple classes, reducing code duplication and promoting a more modular and maintainable codebase.
4. Readability and Maintainability: Dependency Injection leads to cleaner and more organized code since classes focus on their core responsibilities, while dependency setup is centralized and managed externally.
5. Scalability: As the project grows in complexity, Dependency Injection helps keep the codebase manageable and adaptable, making it easier to introduce new features and maintain existing ones.
6. Flexible Configuration: Dependency Injection allows changing the behavior of the application by modifying dependencies at runtime without altering the core implementation.
7. Better Collaboration: Dependency Injection facilitates collaboration among developers since dependencies are explicitly declared and can be easily understood and managed by team members