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Summary: Making Regular use of something very un-Regular looking
Review: 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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Summary: Regular Expressions are a Must
Review: 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.
Rating: 
Summary: Reasonable overview of the subject
Review: The good:
--Provides a quick look at the regular expression components of .net.
--Verbose enough to give you some idea of how to use the components.
--Much better than the Microsoft documentation.
--Provides examples in both C# and vb.net (this is a Microsoft centric book, obviousy....) The bad:
--Not enough examples. I humbly suggest some exercises/answers to test yourself. It wouldn't add much to the virtual page count but could help solidify concepts.
--Downloadable code works but doesn't seem at all polished.
--Some examples could be better documented (E.G. better identify which is Group 1, Group 2, etc.) The ugly:
--Grammar errors. In an e-book there is really no excuse for these errors. C'mon, lets get them fixed in revision 2.
--Errors in examples. If you understand the concept, you'll figure out what is wrong. If you're struggling with a concept, you don't need the additional errors.
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Summary: a must read
Review: To add to the previous reviews: - he does a good job of building from the ground up - starts with a very clear english explanation before you start in on the examples. - separates advanced topics from basic issues, making it easy to learn first what you need, and then what you want - provides a nice summary in the back, like a regular expression help desk reference - the download code is pretty shoddy, contrary to the other review's comments, but it does get the job done and it's from playing around with the compiled executables that you'll really gain understanding. if you're finding yourself searching around newsgroups looking for a 'numeric regular expression validator' or something and then copying and pasting code that you don't understand, get this book. It's not hard, but you probably won't pick it up on your own. .02
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Summary: Good work, needs more examples
Review: Very good primer, but needed more examples with "real-world" relevance to better demonstrate some of the more complex features of regular expressions.
Rating:
Summary: Simple
Review: Want a quick guide to use the power of regular expressions in .net? Buy this.
Rating:
Summary: Well Done Again!
Review: Well, I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for Mr. Appleman 's writing, so I wouldn't be where I am professionally. This book typical of Dan's ALWAYS excellent writing. And if you don't know Regex's, you should. They Rock. So does this book.
Rating:
Summary: Well Done Again!
Review: Well, I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for Mr. Appleman 's writing, so I wouldn't be where I am professionally. This book typical of Dan's ALWAYS excellent writing. And if you don't know Regex's, you should. They Rock. So does this book.
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