Some clean code...

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Some clean code...

Simple tip that's saved me some time:

//This will set the variable test to null:

string test = Convert.ToString(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Missing.Value"]);



//This will throw an exception:

string test = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Missing.Value"].ToString();

The problem with the second statement is that null doesn't have a .ToString() method.
Either situation can be handled, but most of the time it's a lot cleaner to check for a null than to raise the exception.