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RegexLib V2 - now with added ASP.NET V2 :)
The other day I posted a blog entry about the migration of RegexLib to ASP.NET V2 - the article can be found here: http://markitup.com/Blog/archive/2005/06/07/50.aspx In the coming week I'm planning to post a source code viewer so that you can see how...
Is RegExLib full of "it"?
Today I read a comment on Jeffrey Schoolcraft's regex blog from Randal L. Schwartz which I felt that I needed to respond to. As I started writing the comment I realized that this is probably news that needs to be publicly visible, so I'm posting it to...
Posted: Apr 01 2005, 05:46 PM by digory | with 14 comment(s)
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compressing javascript code in perl
While sneaking around the web tonight looking at sites which have interesting dhtml controls or cool stylesheets, I came across this article: http://www.bazon.net/mishoo/articles.epl?art_id=209 I couldn't help but start pulling apart some of those regex...
Posted: Jan 25 2005, 10:25 PM by digory | with 2 comment(s)
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Named Groups, Unnamed Groups and Captures
I see this question come up a bit in regex so, I thought that I'd blog about it. It has to do with 2 things: named groups and captures. First, an example... I have a set of attributes ascribed to a value and I want to match each of them and then write...
Posted: Jan 13 2005, 08:55 PM by digory | with no comments
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RegexLib Testing Tool - The new Details Grid
The other day I blog'ged about the new Options panel and today I'd like to announce another part of the expanded testing tools - the Details Grid: Initially, the Details Grid displays information about Matches however, you can expand each Match out to...
Posted: Sep 07 2004, 10:11 PM by digory | with no comments
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RegexLib Testing Tool - The new Options Panel
Yesterday Justin blog'ged about the new features that are included in the new testing tool on RegexLib.com: http://weblogs.asp.net/justin_rogers/archive/2004/09/04/225692.aspx ...but I just wanted to expand on that a little. In that article Justin mentioned...
Posted: Sep 05 2004, 10:32 PM by digory | with no comments
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New Regex Tester
Currently I'm in the middle of replacing the testing tool on RegexLib.com. You can play with the changes that I've made so far at: http://www.regexlib.com/RETester.aspx The new features include: Ability to grab the source from a Url Ability to grab the...
Posted: Sep 04 2004, 10:05 PM by digory | with no comments
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Certification and a new RegexLib.com feature
Last week I finally sat the 310 exam (Services: Remoting, Windows Services, Web Services and Enterprise Services). It's the first exam that I geniunely thought that I could fail. Thankfully I passed it with relative ease due - I suspect - to some late...
Posted: Jul 27 2004, 12:42 AM by digory | with 1 comment(s)
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Regex's in JScript.NET
I started reading JScript.NET Programming today: This language offers a very different way to write .NET code. I'm reading it mostly for two reasons, A) I like the authors' manner of offering more abstract samples and sensible advice than you tend to...
Posted: Apr 09 2004, 03:16 PM by digory | with 3 comment(s)
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Maintaining monolithic regex expressions
[Cross posted on my regex blog - http://blogs.regexadvice.com/dneimke/archive/2004/03/31/877.aspx - please leave any comments there] I think that it speaks volumes about the readability and maintainability of a regex which is several hundred characters...
Posted: Mar 31 2004, 09:09 AM by digory | with 7 comment(s)
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