Twin Cities Code Camp

Jon von Gillern

Regular Expressions for Fun and Profit

by Jon von Gillern

Thu, Apr 01, 2010
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The Regular Expression is one of the most powerful, yet least understood features of any programing language. In this session, we'll cover:

  • The basic internals of the Regex engine
  • Regex Gotchas, Tips and Tricks
  • How to format your regexes to be much more programmer friendly
  • Input data validation
  • When to use code instead of regexes
  • Regular expression tools
  • How to save boat loads of time with complex text manipulation

While the some of the demos will use Visual Studio, the session is intended for developers of all languages that support Regular Expressions, regardless of their familiarity with the subject.


About the Author

Jon von Gillern is a consultant and owner of Nitriq Code Analysis, a tool that helps .net developers better understand their code base and helps enforce rules to keep their code clean. He has been programming for over 14 years and in his free time enjoys politics, poker and paintball. You can read his blog at blog.nitriq.com.