diff --git a/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/Database.ts b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/Database.ts
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+export class Database {
+  public connect() {
+    return '[Database] connected to database';
+  }
+
+  public query(sql) {
+    return `Executed [${sql}]`;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/Logger.ts b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/Logger.ts
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+++ b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/Logger.ts
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+export class Logger {
+  private _category: string;
+
+  constructor(category: string) {
+    this._category = category;
+  }
+
+  public info(message: string, ...optionalArgs: unknown[]): void {
+    const formattedMessage = this.formatMessage('INFO', message);
+
+    console.log(formattedMessage, ...optionalArgs);
+  }
+
+  public error(message: string, ...optionalArgs: unknown[]): void {
+    const formattedMessage = this.formatMessage('ERROR', message);
+
+    console.error(formattedMessage, ...optionalArgs);
+  }
+
+  private formatMessage(level: string, message: string): string {
+    return `${new Date().toISOString()} [${this._category}] [${level}] ${message}`;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/SimpleContainer.ts b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/SimpleContainer.ts
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+++ b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/SimpleContainer.ts
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+/**
+ * STEP 1: Basic DI Container
+ *
+ * Learning Goals:
+ * - Understand the core concept of a container
+ * - Register and resolve simple dependencies
+ * - Manual instantiation
+ */
+
+export class SimpleContainer {
+  private readonly _services: Map<string, any>;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this._services = new Map();
+  }
+
+  /* Register a service
+   * @param {string} name - Service name/identifier
+   * @param {*} instance - The service instance
+   */
+  public register(name: string, instance) {
+    if (this._services.has(name)) {
+      throw new Error(`Service [${name}] is already registered`);
+    }
+
+    this._services.set(name, instance);
+    console.log(`[SimpleContainer] Registered [${name}]`);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve (retrieve) a service
+   * @param {string} name - Service name/identifier
+   * @returns {*} The service instance
+   */
+  public resolve(name) {
+    if (!this._services.has(name)) {
+      throw new Error(`Service [${name}] is not registered`);
+    }
+
+    return this._services.get(name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a service is registered
+   */
+  public has(name): boolean {
+    return this._services.has(name);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/UserService.ts b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/UserService.ts
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+import {Logger} from './Logger';
+import {Database} from './Database';
+
+export class UserService {
+  private _logger: Logger;
+  private _database: Database;
+
+  constructor(logger: Logger, database: Database) {
+    this._logger = logger;
+    this._database = database;
+  }
+
+  public getUser(id: number) {
+    this._logger.info(`Getting user with id [${id}]`);
+
+    const result = this._database.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${id}`);
+
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/index.ts b/DependencyInjection/src/Step1/index.ts
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+import {Logger} from './Logger';
+import {Database} from './Database';
+import {UserService} from './UserService.ts';
+import {SimpleContainer} from './SimpleContainer';
+
+console.log('===== STEP 1: Basic DI Container =====\n');
+
+// Create the Container
+const container = new SimpleContainer();
+
+// Create instances manually
+const logger = new Logger('STEP 1');
+const database = new Database();
+const userService = new UserService(logger, database);
+
+// Register them in the container
+container.register('logger', logger);
+container.register('database', database);
+container.register('userService', userService);
+
+console.log('\n ---- User Services ---- \n');
+
+const resolvedLogger = container.resolve('logger');
+resolvedLogger.info('Hello from DI container');
+
+const resolvedUserService = container.resolve('userService');
+const user = resolvedUserService.getUser(123);
+
+console.log(`Result [${user}]`);
+
+// THE PROBLEM WITH THIS APPROACH
+console.log('\n--- Problems with Step 1 ---\n');
+console.log('❌ We still create instances manually');
+console.log('❌ We must register them in correct order (dependencies first)');
+console.log("❌ Container doesn't know about dependencies");
+console.log('❌ No automatic instantiation');
+console.log('\n👉 Step 2 will solve this with constructor injection!\n');
+
+// ============================================================================
+// KEY LEARNINGS
+// ============================================================================
+/**
+ * What we learned:
+ *
+ * 1. A DI container is essentially a registry/map of services
+ * 2. We can register services with a name/key
+ * 3. We can resolve (retrieve) services by name
+ * 4. But we still create objects manually - not very useful yet!
+ *
+ * Next step: Make the container smart enough to:
+ * - Understand dependencies
+ * - Automatically instantiate classes
+ * - Resolve dependency chains
+ */
+
+export {}