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RegExr Desktop Released: Regular Expression Tool in AIR

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Grant Skinner

I just uploaded the desktop version of RegExr. It’s just an AIR version of the online application for now, but I’ll add some desktop specific features, and put up a nicer looking page when I have a chance.

With this morning’s announcement of the AIR alpha for Linux, this means RegExr is now the first free tool for editing and testing regular expressions (RegEx) that runs on Mac OSX, Windows, Linux, and online (as far as I can determine). Pretty cool, considering it only took 60 minutes of work to convert the online application to a desktop program and add update notifications.

You can install the desktop version of RegExr here. Or, you can use the online version at regexr.com.

Next up, I plan to add support for testing replace functions, and then a proper lexer.

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5 Comments

it's fantastic!!

Posted by: mybeky on Mar 31, 2008 12:33pm URL: http://blog.mybeky.cn/

The online version of this tool saved me a lot of time over the weekend, so I'm very happy I found a desktop version of it also. Thanks! Hope you have time to develop it further. One feature that comes to mind for the AIR app would be the ability to store the expressions you create in a side panel for later use.

Posted by: Jens Wegar on Sep 1, 2008 1:23am URL: http://playground.deju.nu

Love it! This is a lifesaver, thank you! I am using the AIR version.

Posted by: Jason Merrill on Mar 5, 2009 12:12pm

I just found your site today, and was able to solve two problems. You site might save me 100's of hours a year, by making it possible to make some of our developers fish for themselves.

Posted by: dJaffa on Nov 24, 2009 10:20am

hey thanks for this one!!! i never read the whole description so i did not noticed the link to the desktop version.


Thanks!

Posted by: cute programmer on May 20, 2011 10:47am URL: http://www.rahjv4.tk

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