Posts tagged with Programming
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19 September 2009 - Understanding CDATA in XML
CDATA sections in XML are often misunderstood. Programmers get the wrong advice, or they hear that strings should go in CDATA sections because they contain Unicode or non-ASCII characters. All nonsense, CDATA is only a convenience in writing and everything written in CDATA can be written without CDATA — read article
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17 September 2009 - Comparison Chart of Online Regular Expression Testers, overviews and reviews
Online regular expression testers, information, programs and tools can help a great deal in finding the right regex for a given task. Unfortunately it can be daunting to find the right one. How do you know whether a free online regexp tool is javascript, or what server side language or flavor was used? Perl-style regexes, or old-school sed/awk? This article summarizes all known online regex tools and their abilities and is updated regularly — read article