Regular Expressions, the Love-Hate Relationship
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
There are few things in life that I outright hate, but always come back to; and vegetables come close. Without seasonings, oils, and creams, I can easily excuse this food group. What I’m actually talking about here is regular expressions. Similar to vegetables, they can be yucky but good for you. And no matter how old you grow to be, they’re always there taunting you. There is absolutely no way you can live as a programmer and not have to swallow a few.
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Episode 16: A fictional JavaScript tale
This episode was done solo as I tell a fictional tale about five JavaScript kids (among others) that I wrote during a night I wasn’t able to get any sleep. It features a few of the greatest JavaScripters around as the characters including the following:
- Dustin Diaz (myself)
- Dan Webb
- John Resig
- Peter Paul
- Justin Palmer
- Copy Paste Boy (Billy)
Episode 15: Venni viddi vicci of Events
Justin Palmer in many ways felt like the brother I never had even though I will claim to have other JavaScript mafia brothers as well.
Aside from that matter, the “Experience Engineer” from Encytemedia (and Prototype enthusiast) and I spoke about the various forms of Events that all encompass JavaScript. And indeed; we came, we saw, and we conquered.
About ./with Imagination
Hi, my name is Dustin Diaz and I am a User Interface Engineer for Gooooogle and author of JavaScript Design Patterns. This is my website. Welcome!
On this site I write about JavaScript; I have some podcasts; I also have a few screencasts for those of you who are visual learners. All that aside, if you learn something from me: Excellent. I appreciate you dropping by.
If you have any more interest in learning more about what I do, how long I've been doing it, or how to get a hold of me, you can do that on the about page. Cheers.
