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Awesome regex test tool

By Bob Somers | Published: September 4, 2009
So I’m working with a friend to develop a regex that matches something out of an API response, when we really wish we could quickly prototype a regex. Now, there are plenty of tools to do this, some are even freeware, but all them need to be downloaded and installed. I realize it sounds pathetic [...]
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Know your text editor

By Bob Somers | Published: July 22, 2009
Let’s examine why it’s important as a programmer to really know your text editor, but in a different light that usual. Traditionally programmers are concerned with knowing all the tricks of their editor so that they can make use of them. Instead, let’s look at an example of why you should know what your editor [...]
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