Question

Im sorry if this is in the wrong place, however I think it is.

So I when creating an MVC3 internet application I used a database first method and my classes were generated for me. I am new to MVC3 and fairly new to c# and visual studio although I do have a little experience.

The auto-generated code warns that editing may cause unexpected results and the changes will be removed if the code is regenerated. As I understand it that means changes to the database, rerunning the tt files or updating the model.

However is it ok practice to edit it, and just keep a track of changes incase i need to regenerate, or is there a better way to go about it?

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

The classes generated should be partial classes so you should be able to externally manage enhancements by making your own partial class with the same namespace and name.