Autofac or Ninject? - which should I go for?

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Published on 2010-03-25T23:11:33Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 23:13 UTC
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I'm hitting paralysis by analysis I think...

Which should I go for for my first IOC container: Autofac or Ninject?

(Just want an open source, nice and simple, IOC container)

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