Visual Basic tips/tricks

Strongly Typed Objects from XML resource files:

<profile defaultProvider="Developer2 Data">
<providers>
    <add connectionStringName="webAdminConnection632332750267812500"
      applicationName="/profile" description="All administrative data for the application Profile"
      name="Developer2 Data" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider, System.Web,
      Version=2.0.3500.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>
<properties>
    <add name="Name"
      defaultValue="Terry Voss"
      type="System.String"
      allowAnonymous="true" />
    <add name="Address"
      defaultValue="2403 N Nettleton St."
      type="System.String"
      allowAnonymous="true" />
    <add name="Cart"
      type="ShoppingCart"
      allowAnonymous="true" />
</properties>
</profile>