Python Dependency Injection

Dependency Injection (DI) is a design pattern where a class receives its dependencies from an external source rather than constructing them internally. This decouples components, improves testability, and enables flexible configuration without modifying production code.

Core Concept: Inversion of Control

Inversion of Control (IoC) shifts responsibility for creating and managing dependencies from the dependent class to an external orchestrator (a container or the caller). The class declares what it needs; something else provides it.

Tight coupling (avoid):

class UserNotifier:
    def __init__(self):
        self.email = EmailService()  # hard-coded, untestable

    def notify(self, msg):
        self.email.send(msg)