I acquired a dislike of regexes in school, and it wasn't until I found http://www.regexr.com http://www.regexr.com that I felt I could efficiently figure out ho

I acquired a dislike of regexes in school, and it wasn't until I found http://www.regexr.com http://www.regexr.com that I felt I could efficiently figure out how to use them (and started to feel that they were seriously awesome). I think that regexes, like so many programming tools/utilities, have such a frustrating initial learning period that many people don't want to bother. Regexr sidesteps this by not only having hints/cheat sheets on the side, but it shows you your results as you construct it; faster feedback = faster learning.