When he's not "piloting" experimental "spacecraft" (by "piloting" we mean "strapping himself to", and by "spacecraft" we mean "junk yard parts launched into the sky using worrisome quantities of high explosives")*, our own Jeb Kerman (Paul Richeson) is actually an accomplished developer. Join us as Jeb takes us through data validation with regular expressions, those cryptic-looking character sequences you've probably plagiarized from Stack Overflow more than a few times.



In this talk, we'll be taking a look at some regex features beyond simple wildcard matching. We'll explore common pitfalls and mistakes, walk through the logic for a money validator capable of validating "$1,000.99", explore patters for PHP safe data structures, and look at a technique for using jQuery with PHP for a common front and back end validator rule.



Meet and greet begins at 6:30, talk begins promptly at 7:00. Food and refreshments will be provided.



So come on out and learn with us!



Please RSVP so we can get an accurate head count for the catering, but if you don't get your RSVP in on time, please come anyway!



(* Note: This is a Kerbal Space Program (https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/) reference. Paul does not actually play with high explosives. Or, at least, not that we know of.)