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Expresso

The award-winning Expresso editor is equally suitable as a teaching tool for the beginning user of... Created by Jim Hollenhorst

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Windows

The award-winning Expresso editor is equally suitable as a teaching tool for the beginning user of regular expressions or as a full-featured development environment for the experienced programmer or web designer with an extensive knowledge of regular expressions.

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Expresso was added by Ti in Nov 2009 and the latest update was made in Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Jun 2018 There is a history of all activites on Expresso in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Expresso or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Tested:RegExrRad Regular Expression DesignerNot tested (but ...

Comment by tangoak

about Expresso · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Tested:
RegExr
Rad Regular Expression Designer

Not tested (but took a look):
The Regulator
Kodos
jRegExAnalyser

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Comment by tangoak

about Expresso · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Tried all non-commercial programs similar to Expresso and Expresso was best. It is easy to use, simple and has many good features.

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