The Morning Dev

Ahmed Lamrani

Gang of Four Design Patterns: What Junior Developers Actually Need to Know

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Gang of Four Design Patterns: What Junior Developers Actually Need to Know Introduction: The Pattern Paradox for New Developers So there I was, three months into my first dev job, sitting in a code review when my tech lead casually dropped: “Yeah, we should probably use the Observer pattern here.” I nodded like I knew … Read more

The 3 Types of Dependency Injection Explained: Constructor, Property & Method Injection

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Visual guide showing the 3 types of dependency injection: Constructor injection with building icon, Property injection with gear icon, and Method injection with wrench icon on purple gradient background

Understanding the 3 Types of Dependency Injection: Constructor, Property, and Method Injection What is Dependency Injection? Moving From Tight Coupling to Flexible Design Patterns Remember the chaos we explored in our previous post? The brittle code that crumbled with every small change, the testing nightmares that required entire system setups, and that sneaky new keyword … Read more

Dependency Injection Demystified: Build Loosely Coupled, Testable Code

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Illustration of a developer injecting code clarity to resolve tight coupling, featuring a doctor figure with a syringe and a tangled spaghetti code graphic on a computer screen.

Dependency Injection Demystified: Build Loosely Coupled, Testable Code Are You Building a House of Cards? Picture this: You’re working on a seemingly straightforward feature update in your application. You modify a single class, run your tests, and suddenly half your test suite turns red. Sound familiar? Or perhaps you’ve experienced the classic developer nightmare: “It … Read more