C# Automatic Properties

Question

I\'m a bit confused on the point of Automatic properties in C# e.g

public string Forename{ get; set; }

I get that you are saving code by no

Answer 1

For one, you can set the property to virtual and implement logic in an inheriting class. You can also implement logic in the same class afterwards and there won't be side-effects on any code relying on the class.