Using XmlSerializer to reconstitute objects from your app.config
Discussion on proper use of the app.config has been taking place on
DevelopMentor's Win Forms list. One of the ideas was to reconstitute objects directly from a section in the app.config, so I suggested
Craig Andera's excellent story on doing this very thing. I've used this technique a few times in the past and I find it to be an extremely palatable alternative to rolling your own classes that read configuration data from XML files using your own grammar.