ASP.Net 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips
Chapter One
Hacks Revisited
Hacks exist in an ever-changing world. One day they are the cutting-edge, clever inventions of a
developer with a need. Another day in the future, they can become mainstream code or practices
that are integrated into a product or process. The mark of a successful hack is that one day it will
become the norm.
This chapter is all about hacks that have become successful. We revisit ASP.NET v1.1 to look at a
group of hacks that received much attention. They became so useful that Microsoft felt compelled
to add support for them in ASP.NET v2.0. Rather than redo hacks that have already been invented,
this chapter highlights the pioneers and their work that influenced Microsoft to add support in
ASP.NET v2.0. For those of you making the move to ASP.NET 2.0, you'll learn how these hacks
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