Binding and Getters & Setters [duplicate]

Question

Why does public string name {get; set;} work when binding, but public string name; does not? Why is the getter required when they both return the same string?

Answer 1

Because you can only bind to public properties in WPF. The following is a field and not a property:

public string name;

The binding engine only looks for properties when the binding expressions are evaluated using reflection at runtime.