Your Best (Regex) Buddy
| Name: | RegexBuddy |
| Version Reviewed: | 3.4.1 |
| Operating System: | Windows XP, Vista, 7 |
| Price: | 39.95 single user license. |
| Site: | http://www.regexbuddy.com/ |
| Good: | Decodes regular expressions. Contextual assist allows building expressions without knowing any syntax. Supplies access to help forums directly through a tab. Allows debugging of expressions. Provides a library of pre-made expressions for all types of data. |
| Bad: | No free trial. |
No More Loosing Your Mind
Regular expressions. The term should fill you with both a magical wonder of one of the most powerful languages in all of code-dom, and an overpowering frost-fingered fear of one of the most complex languages on Earth. Next to a Hopi Code Talker, a Wizened Old Unix Guru that can spout regex like it was his first languages is one of the most rare (and probably well-paid) individuals in the world. For us developers that need to use them once in a while, though, winding our way through the syntax is time-consuming and confusing and sometimes doesn’t end well.
I’ve seen several tools over the years to help with the regex syntax, but about a year ago, a friend of mine turned me on to RegexBuddy. Three seconds later, I owned a license. Read more…
