Goodbye to @Autowired: Completely Removed it From My Spring Boot Code

"For years, @Autowired was one of the most recognizable annotations in the Spring ecosystem. Frustration andConfusion moving from field injection to constructor injection. But in modern Spring development, especially with Spring Boot and newer practices, you'll often hear: In fact, many teams and guides have removed @Autowired completely from their codebases. Let's explore why. 🎉 If you are not a medium member then Click here to read free 2️⃣What is @Autowired, and Why did we even use It?"

"Back in the Spring 2.x and 3.x days, @Autowired was the go-to way of wiring up dependencies. You could slap it almost anywhere: On fields → the shortcut every lazy dev secretly loved 🍕 On constructors → the cleanest and most reliable approach 💪 On setter methods: @Componentpublic class OrderService {@Autowiredprivate PaymentService paymentService;public void processOrder() {..."

Modern Spring practices favor constructor-based dependency injection and less explicit annotation usage, reducing reliance on @Autowired. Field injection with @Autowired caused confusion and migration pain when moving to constructor injection. Spring Boot and newer conventions encourage implicit wiring, clearer dependencies, and improved testability. Many teams and guides have removed explicit @Autowired annotations to make dependencies more visible and to improve maintainability. Historical usage included applying @Autowired to fields, constructors, and setters. Constructor injection is considered cleaner, more reliable, and more compatible with static analysis and tooling.

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