Should an Enum start with a 0 or a 1?

Question

Imagine I have defined the following Enum:

public enum Status : byte
{
    Inactive = 1,
    Active = 2,
}

What\'s the best practice to use

Answer 1

First of all, unless you're specifying specific values for a reason (the numeric value has meaning somewhere else, i.e. The Database or external service) then don't specify numeric values at all and let them be explicit.

Second of all, you should always have a zero value item (in non-flags enums). That element will be used as the default value.