Any reason to use auto-implemented properties over manual implemented properties?

Question

I understand the advantages of PROPERTIES over FIELDS, but I feel as though using AUTO-implemented properties over MANUAL implemented properties doesn\'t really provide any

Answer 1

There are people who think that automatic properties can be somewhat evil but apart from that they are just syntactic sugar. You don't gain anything by using them apart from saving a few lines of code and you can potentially create more work for yourself (by having to implement it manually anyway later on because you want to do some checking or raise an event). Consistency is quite valuable in programing (imho).