The Regular Expression is one of the most powerful, yet least understood features of any programing language. In this session, we'll cover:
* The basic internals of the Regex engine
* Regex Gotchas, Tips and Tricks
* How to format your regexes to be much more programmer friendly
* Input data validation
* When to use code instead of regexes
* Regular expression tools
* How to save boat loads of time with complex text manipulation
While the some of the demos will use Visual Studio, the session is intended for developers of all languages that support Regular Expressions, regardless of their familiarity with the subject.

[Speaker – Jon von Gillern] I'm a former Microsoft C# MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and I've been doing .Net consulting for the past 16 years. Before I had my third child, I spoke at 10 to 15 technical conferences around the mid-west and I helped organize the IADNUG, Iowa Code Camp, and Prairie.Code() Developer Conference.
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[Meeting Agenda]

• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Presentation

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[Platinum Sponsor – Source Allies]

Source Allies is a local technical consultancy who values collaboration, craftsmanship, and an ownership mentality. We provide a home to our teammates where we encourage each other to grow not only technically, but as peers & consultants. This is evident in the quality software we deliver to clients.

Learn about our “ownership mentality” at: http://www.sourceallies.com