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Deep dives, tutorials, and best practices for mastering regular expressions using the Regex Explanation Generator.

All articles are written for developers, by developers. View source on GitHub

Understanding Regular Expressions in 2025

A modern, beginner-friendly introduction to regex: what they are, why they matter, and how to think about them without fear.

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How This Regex Explanation Generator Works

Go behind the scenes: client-side parsing, live tokenization, flavor detection, and how we make complex patterns human-readable.

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10 Most Useful Regex Patterns (With Explanations)

Email, URL, phone numbers, dates, passwords, and more — fully explained with this tool’s breakdown feature.

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Catastrophic Backtracking: How to Spot and Avoid It

Learn why `(a+)+` can crash your browser and how this tool instantly warns you about dangerous patterns.

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Regex Flavors Demystified: JavaScript vs Python vs PCRE vs Java

Why the same pattern behaves differently across languages — and how to switch flavors in this tool.

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Share Your Regex: The Magic of Link-Based Collaboration

How the “Share via Link” feature works, why it’s 100% private, and real-world use cases for teams and teaching.

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This Tool is Open Source — Build Your Own Version

A complete walkthrough of the SvelteKit + Bootstrap codebase. Fork it, customize it, deploy it — it’s yours.

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