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So, as you can see, building a module based on Generic Content may prove advantageous for many reasons. But, there is also another reason why you may want to build your module based on the Generic Content module – namely, Generic Content module is one of the pillars of Sitefinity and as such it is constantly being improved and new features are being added. If your module is based on Generic Content module you will be able to very easily take advantage of all new improvements in the next version.
You can download and examine a sample Products module from here. Products module is a sample module based on Generic Content.
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