Chapter 4. Regex in Practice

In the previous two chapters, we covered Regex's syntax in depth, and at this point, have all the pieces required to build a real-world project, which will be the goal of this chapter.

Knowing Regex's syntax allows you to model text patterns, but sometimes coming up with a good reliable pattern can be more difficult, so taking a look at some actual use cases can really help you learn some common design patterns.

So, in this chapter, we will develop a form, and we will explore the following topics:

• Validating a name

• Validating e-mails

• Validating a Twitter username

• Validating passwords

• Validating URLs

• Manipulating text