Choose A Regular Expression Engine

• Each version of the Regex Processor, can be referred to as an “engine”
• C/C++
• Java
• JavaScript
• .NET
• Perl
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• Unix
• Apache
• MySQL
• Most features of regex will work the same across all engines.
• Most notable exception will be in older Unix applications.
• For programs to use with regex:
• grep / egrep
• TextMate
• Atom
• Sublime
• Notepad++
• RegexBuddy (downloadable app)
• RegexMagic (downloadable app)
• This course uses a free online JavaScript regex tool.
  • regexr.com
  • regex101.com
  • regexpal.com