Should I make my ASP.NET MVC controller actions virtual?

Question

File -> New Project for ASP.NET MVC projects used to generate controllers with virtual actions. I\'m not sure if that stopped with MVC 2 or MVC 3, but is this no longer a be

Answer 1

Generated code may be made virtual for various reasons. It's not good practice to make your own code virtual unless required by some tool. See Liskov Substitution Principle and Open/Closed Principle. I think some frameworks do this to facilitate creating proxies but I can't imagine any reason to make all of your methods virtual. To me it screams copy/paste or cargo cult programmer.