Developing for Oracle

Since I have seen a lot of hand-wringing over how to write a connection string to Oracle Express, I want to save a note about this.

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=localhost)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVER=DEDICATED)(SERVICE_NAME=XE)));User Id=Me;Password=dev;

This is just one of those things, that as a programmer I don't know how to build when I need it. It's a bit of technical stuff that I don't endeavor to deeply understand.