Best coding practice?What's the best coding practice? 1. Code: private int number; public int { get { return number;} set { number = value; } } 2. Code: public int Number{ get; set; } 3. Code: private int number; public int GetNumber{ get { return number; } } public int SetNumber{ set { number = value; } } I see the third one being used in Visual Studio. Is there any particular reason why either of these are bad ( or good ) ?