Encoding, Base64, Hex and URIs: UTF-8, BOM, Windows-1254, Base64Url, Uri and URL Encoding
Every crossing between string and bytes needs an agreed encoding: the wrong one silently breaks Turkish letters, a BOM adds an invisible character to a CSV header, and Base64 is not encryption. Using Windows-1254 data from Bookstore's old accounting system and its search links, we show Encoding, CodePagesEncodingProvider, Base64Url, ToHexStringLower, how the URL encoding APIs differ, QueryHelpers and the traps of Uri, all with real output.
15 Nov 2026
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