How To: Map a Network Share and Automount

For those of you who were PC-people before moving to the Mac, you may recall (with fondness) the ability to map a drive from a network share.  For me, it was one of those features that I really missed when I made the jump and I have been searching for a method to accomplish this task ever since.  Guess what?  I finally found it and it only requires Apple Script and a few simple steps.  Here goes:

1. Launch Script Editor.
2. Type mount volume "smb://server name/share name" for each share you want to automount. For example, mount volume "smb://mediaserver/Movies" 
3. Test.
4. Save the code as an AppleScript.
5. Save the code as an application.
6. Add the application to your System Accounts Login Items.