Just stumbled across this thread while googling the benefits of partial class.
I am in the process of converting a Java EE application into a silverlight based .NET one.
I came across the following code in the view layer :
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// This code was generated by a tool.
// Runtime Version:4.0.30319.225
//
// Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
// the code is regenerated.
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
public partial class Wwcusts04d : System.Windows.Controls.Page {
Now, if the partial page itself is autogenerated, what's the use of maintaining it ?
Also, the code inside just links various controls to their names. I don't confess to have knowledge of silverlight, but isnt this thing better suited in xaml?