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About Regex Hero
Regex Hero is an Online Silverlight .NET regular expression tester.
I wrote Regex Hero in April, 2009. Since then it has become a tool that developers all over the world depend on.
Here's a brief list of common features:
- Find regular expression matches visually with instantaneous highlighting
- Replace text utilizing regular expressions
- Change your .NET RegexOptions however you'd like
- Step through Regex matches
- Auto-save your regular expression so it'll be there for your next visit
- Multiple undo & redo functionality
- Save & name your regular expression in the database for future use (must be logged in)
- Browse the public library of regular expressions
- Browse the built-in .NET regular expression reference
- Generate .NET code in C# or VB.NET to be used in your own .NET application
- Create a permalink to be used to share an expression with someone else on the internet
- Benchmark your regular expression, and optimize for better performance
- Visualize named grouped matching
- Tab multiple lines
What's available to licensed users:
And what's coming:
- Code hinting (Licensed Users Only)
- Online tutorials
- And more (Share your ideas with me here)
As a user of Regex Hero myself, I tend to find little things to improve every day. But I'd also like to hear from you and what you think would make Regex Hero better.
Want the freedom to use Regex Hero and all its features from any computer uninterrupted?
Buy a $15 User License of Regex Hero and never pay for an upgrade.
About Me
My name is Steve Wortham. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. And I've been coding since I was 12 years old. Back then my interests lay mostly in writing computer games and anything involving animation.
I was always hungry to learn how to get the most performance out of my programs and make them look as spectactular as possible. I eventually progressed into OpenGL programming.
That's when I started www.gldomain.com and began giving away everything I wrote.
In 2001, when I turned 18 I went a different direction and landed my first job as a web developer. And since then I've been making a living as a programmer for small businesses. I'm still a student in this industry, but I've been fortunate enough to work on a wide variety of websites and software for which I'm grateful to have the experience.
I have experience with the usual Microsoft web development technologies: ASP.NET web forms, MVC (still new to me), and SQL Server. But I've also had experience with Flash development and a little bit of design work. The biggest Flash project I was involved in was a menu ordering system for CiCi's Pizza in 2003. Then in 2005 I learned more about Windows software development, rebuilding an application in VB.NET called ContractEdge that would reach over 10,000 users. From this experience I quickly gained an appreciation for the work involved in creating an incredibly high level of reliability to reduce support costs. Also in 2005 I began work on a couple of the largest websites I've worked on to date -- TechInsurance.com and BusinessInsuranceNow.com. Both sites are massively dynamic. They each have online applications that must be custom tailored to the company filling out the application. So the application itself changes drastically based on your answers. These projects were extremely challenging and took my understanding of usability to another level.
I've been happy with my career path so far. I feel like I've lucked out by working for such great small companies. However, I realized pretty early on that I wanted to create my own software company some day. As Dharmesh Shah would say, I have the genetic flaw. For years I felt like I lacked the experience to do this right. Finally, I founded BucketSoft, LLC in March, 2009 as a means to create and sell software that I see a need for on a daily basis. Regex Hero is one of those products.
