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+1 you bring up a lot of good points not limited to code structure: IDE support and tooling, which can be a lifesaver in large projects

kmdreko
– kmdreko

2018-02-07 19:36:39 +00:00
Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 19:36
If some parts of your entity type is static enough that actually defining a constant name for it is worthwhile, I think it would be more apt to just define a proper data model for it so you can just do nameField = myEntity.ProductName;.

Lie Ryan
– Lie Ryan

2018-02-07 20:27:46 +00:00
Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 20:27
@LieRyan - it was much easier to generate plain constants and upgrade existing projects to use them. That said, I am working on generating static types so I can do precisely that

Hans Keﬆing
– Hans Keﬆing

2018-02-07 20:43:50 +00:00
Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 20:43

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