Tim's (Mostly) Tech Tidbits

Here is a little tidbit that has helped me when programming WordPress plugins.

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I recently have been working with regular expressions on a programming job for a Wordpress plugin.
I paid a guy to write some regular expression code for me ($25), but then I found this program.

Regex Buddy

While they don’t have a free trial or downloadable demo on their website, I have arranged to have a downloadable demo for the readers of Tim’s Tidbits.
I’m sure you’ll be convinced, just like I, and and spend the roughly thirty dollars for the program. It is very safe because of their money back guarantee.

I bought the program, downloaded it, and am very impressed with it. The licensing options are very flexible (one install on one machine for all users of that machine, or multiple installs on multiple machine for a single user). The real-time capabilities are what I use the most.

It’s just a sweet program, although there is one bug that irritates me. I reported it to their tech support and they got back to me very quickly with a reply.

The help file that comes with RegexBuddy alone is worth the price of the program.

Here is what the maker of RegexBuddy has to say about their product.

“RegexBuddy is your perfect companion for working with regular expressions. Easily create regular expressions that match exactly what you want. Clearly understand complex regexes written by others. Quickly test any regex on sample strings and files, preventing mistakes on actual data. Use the regex in your source code with code snippets automatically adjusted to the particulars of your programming language. Collect and document libraries of regular expressions for future reuse. Integrate RegexBuddy with your favorite searching and editing tools for instant access.

Learn all there is to know about regular expressions from RegexBuddy’s comprehensive documentation and regular expression tutorial.”

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This guy has a ton of cool javascript code.
amazing stuff.

http://www.walterzorn.com/

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Borland C++ Builder Tip:

If you are getting a linker error when compiling, and everything makes sense, try this.
Recently I was compiling after adding a new unit. I was package exporting the unit
i.e.
class PACKAGE TMyClass;

and when I would remove the package export, it would link up just fine.

The problem turned out to be a missing #pragma directive in the unit.

The exact line I needed is:
#pragma package(smart_init)

If you found this while searching for a solution to your problem, please leave a comment.

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I’ve been looking for something similar to this. While this is not the complete solution I need, it’s close enough that I may create a CLI interface, or advanced web interface to this program.

Update: I was unable to get this working on php files under windows.

CHIP: Code Highlighting in PHP

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All The Cool Open Source Apps are in PHP
(timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com)

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Oh what I would give if this were available for Php4

This project intrigues me to the point of insanity! I wish I could spend the time getting to know how to use this toolkit. Check it out, maybe you’ll have the time I don’t.

I’m going to try to get the time next winter to play with this, and who knows, by that time maybe my web hosting company will support php 5.

PRADO Component Framework for PHP5

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This is similar (perhaps better executed too) to one of my current personal projects. I may either start using this, or modify my system to be object oriented instead of array definitions.

FormHandler - Home

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