The key difference between inversion of control and dependency injection is that inversion of control requires the use of an external framework to manage resources, while dependency injection provides ...

Developers typically use field injection only on small projects and prototypes, due to its inability to support immutable variables and the incompatibilities it creates with many testing frameworks.

Ktor will never require the use of a DI framework or include a DI framework as part of its design, JetBrains said. JetBrains has cleared up confusion over its plans for dependency injection (DI) ...