Meh, no one here wants to here my spoiled brat opinion, so I apologize in advance: It should also be included in the bare minimum: Regex will drive you crazy.

Meh, no one here wants to here my spoiled brat opinion, so I apologize in advance: It should also be included in the bare minimum: Regex will drive you crazy. Not just writing the expression, but installing a library (especially if there is no handy installer) ect. Regex likes to punch you in the balls whenever possible. (I can say this because I've written many line of Regex and I do love it.) . . Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. -Jamie Zawinski