Are code generators bad?

Question

I use MyGeneration along with nHibernate to create the basic POCO objects and XML mapping files. I have heard some people say they think code generators are not a good idea. Wha

Answer 1

This is one of those highly contentious issues. Personally, I think code generators are really bad due to the unoptimized crap code most of them put out.

However, the question is really one that only you can answer. In a lot of organizations, development time is more important than project execution speed or even maintainability.