For those of you who use NHibernate you may find this convenient, if you don’t already have your own.  Below is a C# code snippet for creating a public virtual property (code and file are both there).  Just put it in your <Visual Studio 2005/2008>\Code Snippets\Visual C#\My Code Snippets folder and you’re off and running.  No restart required.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
    <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
        <Header>
            <Title>propv</Title>
            <Shortcut>propv</Shortcut>
            <Description>Code snippet for an automatically implemented virtual property</Description>
            <Author>Microsoft Corporation</Author>
            <SnippetTypes>
                <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
            </SnippetTypes>
        </Header>
        <Snippet>
            <Declarations>
                <Literal>
                    <ID>type</ID>
                    <ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
                    <Default>int</Default>
                </Literal>
                <Literal>
                    <ID>property</ID>
                    <ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
                    <Default>MyProperty</Default>
                </Literal>
            </Declarations>
            <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[public virtual $type$ $property$ { get; set; }$end$]]>
            </Code>
        </Snippet>
    </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

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