Alternatives for the singleton pattern?

Question

I have been a web developer for some time now using ASP.NET and C#, I want to try and increase my skills by using best practices.

I have a website. I want to load t

Answer 1

There's a good discussion of singleton patterns, and coding examples here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern See also here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection

For some reason, singletons seem to divide programmers into strong pro- and anti- camps. Whatever the merits of the approach, if your colleagues are against it, it's probably best not to use one. If you're on your own, try it and see.