Sitecore Glass Mapper always null

Question

I am using Sitecore Glass Mapper for a new project I\'m setting up. We are using Sitecore 7.2, latest version of Team Development for Sitecore (TDS) code generation and the

Answer 1

Most of the times it is a language issue. The mapper returns a null object when you do not have versions in the current or given language.

What can be confusing is that Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem returns an object, even if it does not have a version in the current language. Be sure to check that item.Versions has any.