Javascript dependency injection & DIP in node: require vs constructor injection

Question

I\'m new to NodeJs development coming from the .NET world i\'m searching the web for best practices regrading DI / DIP in Javascript

In .NET i would declare my depen

Answer 1

In the past, DI containers as we know them from Java and .NET did not exist. With Node 6 came ES6 Proxies which opened up the possibility of such containers - Awilix for example.

So let's rewrite your code to modern ES6.

class Team {
  constructor ({ User }) {
    this.User = user
  }

  getTeam (teamId) {
    return this.User.find({ teamId: teamId })
  }
}

And the test:

import Team from './Team'

describe('Team', function() {
  it('#getTeam', async function () {
    const users = [{id: 1, id: 2}]

    const fakeUser = {
      find: function() {
        return Promise.resolve(users)
      }
    }

    const team = new Team({
      User: fakeUser
    })

    const team = await team.getTeam()

    expect(team).to.eql(users)
  })
})

Now, using Awilix, let's write our composition root:

import { createContainer, asClass } from 'awilix'
import Team from './Team'
import User from './User'

const container = createContainer()
  .register({
    Team: asClass(Team),
    User: asClass(User)
  })

// Grab an instance of Team
const team = container.resolve('Team')
// Alternatively...
const team = container.cradle.Team

// Use it
team.getTeam(123) // calls User.find()

That's as simple as it gets; Awilix can handle object lifetimes as well, just like the .NET / Java containers did. This lets you do cool stuff like inject the current user to your services, intantiating your services once per http request, etc.