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Regular Expressions are a Must, October 24, 2002
This review is from: Regular Expressions with .NET (Digital)
Once you become serious about .NET, you'll find Regular Expressions staring you square in the face. They're there and they are very important, but the .NET documentation doesn't help much in learning about Regular Expressions and how to work with them in .NET. That's where Dan Appleman's Ebook comes in. I think that Dan has done an absolutley stupendous job in the following 3 areas: a) Dan explains the essence of Regular Expressions from a general perspective. After all, "Regular Expressions" is a language unto itself, even without .NET. This Ebook gives you a good intuitive feel of how pattern matching is expressed with the "Regular Expressions" language. b) The Ebook shines in its explanation of .NET's take on Regular Expressions. This book thoroughly explores the various classes and methods that .NET offers for working with Regular Expressions. Dan does a great job teaching you about Groups and Captures. c) The code download for the book is top-notch. Clearly, there was a lot of thought put into providing meaningful examples to help the reader internalize the .NET approach to processing with Regular Expression. I think the Ebook format is perfect for this topic. I have one criticism, though. I believe that the advertising glop at the end of the end of the Ebook is somewhat extraneous. A link to this material should have been sufficient.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Somewhat disappointing, November 19, 2003
This review is from: Regular Expressions with .NET (Digital)
I'm a bit disappointed in this book. I find regular expressions to be a challenging subject, and I was looking for a clear tutorial that would start with the basics and work its way up to more complex expressions. On that basis, I bought this book. The book's explanation of the basics are a bit thin for my tastes. For example, it jumps into groups and backreferencing on page 11, while I'm still struggling with more basic concepts. If you already 'get' regular expressions, this book is probably a good text. However, if you are struggling with the fundamentals, as I am, you may view its explanation as being weak.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Making Regular use of something very un-Regular looking, March 5, 2002
This review is from: Regular Expressions with .NET (Digital)
My previous knowledge of Regular Expressions was minimal - I knew that they existed and they they were supposedly "powerful", but other than that, I was in the dark. With a background in .Net, it was easy for me to pick up the skill with the help of Appleman and his relatively short eBook on the subject. Now I can't wait to apply my new skill to some projects that I have in the hopper. The thing I like most about Appleman is that he always seems to be learning the subject along with you instead of sitting up on a perch of all-knowingness and spilling down information to you. I look forward to reading more from the founder of aPress.
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