When you’re writing an API that deals with a TCP client, you need to talk data in terms of byte arrays. via GIPHY BitConverter BitConverter is a class in the System namespace that lets you convert numerical data types (and single chars) to and from their byte[] counterparts. In order to convert to a byte[], … [Read more…]
Last week I wrote about bit fields and how they can be used to easily track boolean values. Unit testing is pretty important to me, because I make mistakes a lot. By writing tests, I can have a little bit of confidence in the code that I wrote. via GIPHY Bit Fields Knowing how bit … [Read more…]
Bit flags aren’t probably something that you think about in traditional/modern software development. You might if you are in the IoT space, but if you have the pleasure of a ton of RAM, you probably aren’t super concerned with saving space. However, recently I’ve been thinking a lot about network communication and how to minimize … [Read more…]
I’ve never really liked hexadecimal notation. The combination of letters and numbers always made my brain turn off. I mean, I understand it, but it never seemed like it made a difference or not. via GIPHY Binary Obviously, computers think in ones and zeroes. The smallest unit is typically talked about as a byte, which … [Read more…]
In this day and age, you don’t usually need to think about saving memory. Need a whole number? Just use an int! Who really cares if the maximum value will never get above 255? Using a byte is just archaic! Well, if you’re looking at optimizing network traffic or database usage, those bytes could add … [Read more…]