Question

Am I a lazy developer?
Is it being lazy to use automated tools, such as code generators and such?

Now, I could, if I had to, create all the data layers and entities I needed, but I choose to use CodeSmith to generate my datalayers and entities.
I also use Resharper and I would say it fights with MSDeploy as to which gets installed first after Visual Studio.
Again if I had to, I could code without it, but prefer not to.

Both these tools from my point of view are no brainers as they improve output massively.

But is this lazy?
I’m sure there are purists out there that would say everything should be wirtten by you so you know what everything is doing, but if you can read through the code and see what is happening is that ok?

So am I being lazy or am I just using all the cards in my hand?

Answer 1

In programmers, laziness is a virtue, so don’t worry.