Comments on: [Opinion] Every Efficient Developer Should Know…

By: pmularien

pmularien — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:15:39 +0000

As a Java person, the thought of regular expressions brings me thoughts of backslash he**, but I agree. Thanks for the input, a couple more books to add to my reading list!

By: Kris Huggins

Kris Huggins — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:19:52 +0000

I second Rusty. Learn regular expressions now. You’ll realize how much time you’ve been wasting not having previously known this technology.

My tool is something that isn’t really programming, but has saved me countless hours of coding: Keyboard Macros in your editor (i.e. XEmacs, JEdit, Visual Studio, Ultra Edit).

The esoteric learning experiences that have made me better are (1) reading Code Complete 2.0 (2) Learning patterns. I choose these mostly because they enhanced my ability to communicate design.

By: Rusty Wright

Rusty Wright — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:44:38 +0000

First I’d read Mastering Regular Expressions by Friedl. Or maybe afterwards. But certainly you should read MRE if you’re going to learn sed and awk. Actually, everyone should read MRE since you’ll use regular expressions at some point in your career as a programmer.

By: anjan bacchu

anjan bacchu — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:12:04 +0000

hi there,

grep, xargs, find, sed, mc

BR,
~A

By: anjan bacchu

anjan bacchu — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:11:30 +0000

hi there,

grep, xargs, find, sed, mc

BR,
~A