I'm not sure if Rubular[1] or your site came first but the design is very similar. [1] http://rubular.com/
I have written about this in the about & credits pagr. I have also spoken to the author of rubular.
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Re: Just released a major update for my site. What do you guys think?
#12Definitely the best regex test (and/or learn) website I have visited so far, period.
Thank you!!
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#13I would encourage anybody interested to try out the site's quiz. It starts out easily enough but eventually becomes extremely challenging.
I also really like the community submitted regexes. But, on that note, what's to prevent someone from submitting all of the quiz solutions to the 'community'? Are the submissions occasionally moderated?
I have appreciated this website for a while now. For those who don't know, Lindrian is also often active on #regex on freenode IRC, which is a great place to get feedback on regexes. (Or to just be told many times not to use regexes to parse HTML.)
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#14I like it.
How do you enter a tab character in the test string without losing focus of the text field?
When I start typing the regex, the cheatsheet gets pushed below the visible part of the page as the "explanation" section expands itself. It would be nice if the cheat sheet remained next to the regex field as I typed in the regex.
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#15I like it. How do you enter a tab character in the test string without losing focus of the text field? When I start typing the regex, the cheatsheet gets pushed below the visible part of the page as the "explanation" section expands itself. It would be nice if the cheat sheet remained next to the regex field as I typed in the regex.
You cant insert a tab character (yet). Ill fix that.
Hmm, you could perhaps minimize the fields you dont need while writing it? Use the [-] buttons
Re: Just released a major update for my site. What do you guys think?
#16I would encourage anybody interested to try out the site's quiz. It starts out easily enough but eventually becomes extremely challenging. I also really like the community submitted regexes. But, on that note, what's to prevent someone from submitting all of the quiz solutions to the 'community'? Are the submissions occasionally moderated? I have appreciated this website for a while now. For those who don't know, Lin…
Thank you for the kind words! I moderate it myself fromtime to time. I hope nobody does something stupid like that; they gain nothing by it.
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#17Regular Expressions are perhaps my weakest point with regards to programming.
I realize that they are just little sub-dialects that I need to learn the rules of but I've never had a project which required me to take the time to write extensive regular expressions.
On the rare occasion that I do need to use a regular expression I find tools like this to be invaluable.
This tool looks particularly nice.
Community Forum section, online quiz, even IRC placed right within the page!
My favorite feature is definitely the ability to share a regular expression you've created via a link.
Nice work! (also I just followed https://twitter.com/regex101)
Re: Just released a major update for my site. What do you guys think?
#18Regular Expressions are perhaps my weakest point with regards to programming. I realize that they are just little sub-dialects that I need to learn the rules of but I've never had a project which required me to take the time to write extensive regular expressions. On the rare occasion that I do need to use a regular expression I find tools like this to be invaluable. This tool looks particularly nice. Community Forum…
I can honestly say in 12 years of coding full time for a living, I've never once used a complex regular expression. It could be my general aversion to complex regexes though, as I find they make code difficult to read, and are usually slower than alternative solutions.
Simple regexes on the other hand, I use all the time.
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#19Hopefully not to distract too much from the valuable utility of this tool, but in case anyone else feels that the site design seemed uncomfortably similar to http://rubular.com/ (e.g. the three colors in the welcome box are identical), the site author mentions that regex101 is inspired by rubular in the about page http://regex101.com/about/ : I would also like to thank the creator of rubular for inspiring me to creat…
You are right that they both share the same 3 hex values and border width for the greenish box:
border: 10px solid #779A73;
background-color: #CDF3C9;
color: #283A26;
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#20I would like to see regex mapped in url so I have the option to send a regex to someone in this website. It doesn't have to be server side URL mapping. Just push the regex to location hash and let JavaScript parse it back.