Front-end Developer at Realtruck.com, Organizer of Orlando’s Project Code Experience Meetup, Co-Host of the Tech Jr Podcast, and all-around Junior Developer Advocate.
We can't learn everything, and that means you have to prioritize your time and make smart decisions about what you put on your plate to study.
Knowing when to use one and when not to use a regex is far more valuable than memorizing the slightly obtuse syntax.
If you find yourself googling regex over and over, using them more and more, maybe then it's time to sharpen up your regex skills and dive deeper.
Otherwise I think it's fine to have to google the things you rarely use, or even keep a cheat-sheet for the syntax at hand. There's no harm in reference material.
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Regex knowledge is a nice-to-have.
We can't learn everything, and that means you have to prioritize your time and make smart decisions about what you put on your plate to study.
Knowing when to use one and when not to use a regex is far more valuable than memorizing the slightly obtuse syntax.
If you find yourself googling regex over and over, using them more and more, maybe then it's time to sharpen up your regex skills and dive deeper.
Otherwise I think it's fine to have to google the things you rarely use, or even keep a cheat-sheet for the syntax at hand. There's no harm in reference material.