title: C# getters, setters declaration
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicates:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1568091/why-use-getters-and-setters">Why use getters and setters?</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9304/c-3-0-auto-properties-useful-or-not">C# 3.0 Auto-Properties - useful or not?</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>Is there a difference between defining properties the following way -</p>
  
  <pre><code>// private, with getter &amp; setter
  private string fName;
  public string Name
  {
      get { return this.fName }
      set { this.fName = value }
  }
  
  // define as a Property
  public string Name { get; set;}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As far as I can tell, it only looks like a stylistic preference. Am I missing something?</p>