Assemblies

If you're using the NuGet Package Manager you can add Autofac to your project via the "Add Library Reference" dialog. The available packages are:

• Autofac (base assemblies for .NET and Silverlight along with the WCF and MEF integrations)
• Autofac.Mvc2 (ASP.NET MVC2 web application support)
• Autofac.Web (ASP.NET WebForms application support)

If you're not using NuGet, grab the binaries for your platform from the downloads page.

All Autofac applications will use Autofac.dll. If you're on .NET and want to use XML configuration support, you'll also need Autofac.Configuration.dll.

There are several integrations with other .NET libraries, and each is packaged as a separate assembly. To get started with the integrations see the details on this wiki.

Resources

There's an introductory Autofac tutorial on CodeProject.

The best way to get a solid grounding in how Autofac works is to read the wiki. The front page of this site also links a number of blogs providing Autofac-related content.

Building from Source

The source code along with Visual Studio 2010 project files is available here. For instructions on how to create binaries, see BuildingFromSource.