Learn C (and other things...) the Hard Way

[ewemoa]

Hearing praise from Josh about Learn Regex the Hard Way, went to take a look and found Learn C the Hard Way.

It doesn't appear to be completed yet, but the lessons I've gone through have been helpful in clarifying and improving my limited understanding of C    (As I often seem to retain things better actually performing actions, the author's approach seems to work pretty well for yours truly.)

Has any one else tried it out?


The current list of topics the author appears to be working on (whether updating old versions or completing first versions) includes:

• Python
• Ruby
• C
• Regex
• SQL
• CLI Crash Course

[Edvard]

Wow, nice resource.  I'll be looking at this later; especially the Regex's; been wanting to learn that for a while, especially as it seems a pre-requisite for Linux hackery, and I never bothered to learn much beyond the basics.
Thanks to you and Josh 

[relipse]

Wow, nice resource.  I'll be looking at this later; especially the Regex's; been wanting to learn that for a while, especially as it seems a pre-requisite for Linux hackery, and I never bothered to learn much beyond the basics.
Thanks to you and Josh 

-Edvard (December 28, 2012, 04:14 PM)

I have been using RegexBuddy for several years now, a must tool for regular expressions worth every penny i spent on it, that will teach it to you by example.

[MilesAhead]

I found this little RegEx Tester freebie on SourceForge:
http://regextester.sourceforge.net

Not sure how good it is. But it should be helpful for some not very RegEx skilled like myself. Easy to use. From what I can see it saves no settings. Just copy the exe to a directory in the Path.

[Renegade]

Expresso is another good program for writing and testing regex.

[Edvard]

Thanks guys, but...
1 - This is about learning the HARD way
2 -
Regexbuddy

Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8

Regextester

.NET/Mono, Project is a user interface (UI) system

Expresso

My goal is to make Expresso the best .NET regular expression development tool on the planet.

(note: Mono != .NET)

I'm a Linux-only shop, and I've been wanting to learn regular expressions the HARD way for a while now.  It'll help with text file manipulation and file searches.  C is on my radar, but as I can barely handle Pascal, it may be a while...
 

[MilesAhead]

For Linux if you want to jump in the deep end, go Perl.  Perl Regular Expressions. Those substitution statements were what made me rip my hair out.  Ruby you can use them and the overall syntax of the language is a little less arcane. But Perl likely has the larger installed base of programs on Linux.

[xtabber]

The essential online resource for Regex information is the Regular-Expressions.info site maintained by Jan Goyvaerts, the author of RegexBuddy, RegexMagic, EditPad and PowerGREP, and co-author of O'Reilly's Regular Expression Cookbook.

Among other things, the site includes a good tutorial, detailed references and comparisons of the Regex implementations for most of the programming environments in use today.