Regular Expression Puzzles and AI Coding Assistants Video Edition

Regular Expression Puzzles and AI Coding Assistants Video Edition

English | MP4 | AVC 1280×720 | AAC 44KHz 2ch | 25 Lessons (3h 41m) | 501 MB

Learn how AI-assisted coding using ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot can dramatically increase your productivity (and fun) writing regular expressions and other programs.

Regular Expression Puzzles and AI Coding Assistants is the story of two competitors. On one side is David Mertz, an expert programmer and the author of the Web’s most popular Regex tutorial. On the other are the AI powerhouse coding assistants, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI ChatGPT.

Here’s how the contest works: David invents 24 Regex problems he calls puzzles and shows you how to tackle each one. When he’s done, he has Copilot and ChatGPT work the same puzzles. What they produce intrigues him. Which side is likelier to get it right? Which will write simple and elegant code? Which makes smarter use of lesser known Regex library features? Read the book to find out.
David also offers AI best practices, showing how smart prompts return better results. By the end, you’ll be a master at solving your own Regex puzzles, whether you use AI or not.

Groundbreaking large language model research from OpenAI, Google, Amazon, and others have transformed expectations of machine-generated software. But how do these AI assistants, like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, measure up against regular expressions—a workhorse technology for developers used to describe, find, and manipulate patterns in text. Regular expressions are compact, complex, and subtle. Will AI assistants handle the challenge?

Table of Contents

Rise_of_the_programming_machines
The_map_and_the_territory
AI_thoughts_Notes_from_the_Cyberdyne_vault
AI_thoughts_The_transformator
Quantifiers_and_special_sub-patterns
AI_thoughts_How_many_readers_can_pass_the_Turing_Test
Author_thoughts_Find_a_matching_pattern,_if_possible
Pitfalls_and_sand_in_the_gears
Puzzle_7_Playing_dominoes
Creating_functions_using_regexen
Puzzle_12_Finding_a_name_for_a_function
Puzzle_14_Playing_poker_(Part_2)
Puzzle_16_Playing_poker_(Part_4)
Puzzle_17_Playing_poker_(Part_5)
AI_thoughts_Deep_fakes_in_the_Chomsky_hierarchy
AI_thoughts_I_want_to_be_a_machine
Author_thoughts_Honor_the_fundamental_theorem_of_arithmetic
Easy,_difficult,_and_impossible_tasks
Puzzle_22_Matching_the_Fibonacci_sequence
Conclusions
Backreferences
Changing_backreference_behavior
Complement_operator
Learning_to_use_regular_expressions
Modification_using_backreferences

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