Monday, July 31, 2006

Regular Expression Tools

As I develop, it seems I am using regular expressions more and more. So, I am always on the lookout for a good tool to help me edit and verify my expressions.

I used to use an online tool called the Regex .NET Tester, but recently I have found a rich thick client called The Regulator. This is a free advanced regular expression editor written by Roy Osherove.

Roy has also written a regular expression creation tool for beginners called Regulazy. I haven't tried this one, but it looks like it might be a good learning tool.

In addition to the tools above I find that a good regular expression cheet sheet comes in useful every once in a while. There are two good cheet sheets located at the RegExLib and Visibone websites.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Free MSDN Library

It appears Microsoft has opened up the MSDN Library to the public!

This is great news for those that don't have the ability or desire to fork over the money required for a MSDN subscription.

The MSDN Library May 2006 Edition is currently available. Future editions will also be available when they are released.

Friday, July 21, 2006

Web Developer Toolbars

I have found the following developer toolbars invaluable during web development. Some of them you might be aware of alreay, but some of them might be new to you.

Internet Explorer
Firefox