Properties vs Fields – Why Does it Matter?

On the surface there doesn’t seem to be a big difference between this:

Public Property Name() As String

And this:

Public Name() As String

Clearly both will expose an object’s state to the outside world, and can be read/modified using the exact same syntax. Which then begs the question, why would I ever use a property if I have no special logic in the Getter/Setter?


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