Binary Data Transforms, Hex Editing, Design Patterns, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Lately for work I have been responsible for developing a .NET layer to read from and write to an existing application's binary data files.  The task has proven tedious, but not necessarily boring, as I've discovered some invaluable tools and development principles from this. First off, the HxD hex editor, and, more importantly, comparison tool is simply perfect for the job.Many minute differences in my binary output were discovered with this tool.  By using the comparison feature:I[...]