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While you’re waiting for the rest of the world to agree with you and then implement the true hypertext manuals, consider sharpening your regex saw.


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Now, this is the time to learn Regex the proper way.

full regex support sounds incredible, but is probably pretty damn hard to do now with the scale to which the internet has grown.

Don't use a backtracking regex engine is probably the better lesson. I want a tool that won't unexpectedly poke me with the sharp bit.

Nice! I was just hoping to beat regex scrapers.

It might improve your regex skills though.

RegEx 15 minutes to learn, a lifetime to master.

This is really neat! I've been putting off learning regex's for some time now, guess I need to add it to my tool belt.

Agree. Regex literacy is a big skill to have too.

Nice! I’ve been writing (and reading) regexes for over 20 years now. I can usually ‘read’ them on sight, but I’ve been wanting this tool for when it all goes wrong.

Which of course always happens at least once or twice in any new dataset/usage.


Yep regex tools will definitely be added, super useful.

Oh ho ho ho… this is good. Anything that breaks apart regexes to make them easier to read and comment each logical unit is worth the extra lines and syntax. This is killer.

Regex would really benefit from a comprehensive industrial standard. It's such a powerful tool that you have to keep relearning whenever you switch contexts.

There are tools that somewhat explain what each part of a regex does.

Regex is one of my weak points that I've always wanted to fix. I think this just might be the tool that accomplishes that.

I have regex101 open in a tab any time I am developing a regex :). It's an awesome tool, and I especially appreciate the mini language reference in the lower right corner of the window.

Agreed. Went through it twice and that combined with a bit of real-world practice made me pretty proficient at RegEx.

Fantastic site.


This is great! I find myself always using an online code tool to figure out and test the appropriate regex.

If you're not using regex101.com you are still living in the stone ages.

Neat. I wish that I could test the regex immediately in the browser. Tools like regexr.com are great for convincing myself that my regex works.
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