Beyond grep: ack and other code search tools

Programmers have long used grep for searching their source code, but there are tools that go beyond grep's capabilities. We'll explore some of them in this talk, with an emphasis on ack (http://betterthangrep.com/), a tool written in Perl that's based on grep but tuned specifically for programmers.

Topics will include:

Staying in The Zone: Why grep isn't enough ack and the new ack 2.0 ctags + cscope Integrating with your editor The presenter is Andy Lester, the author of ack, many Perl modules (https://metacpan.org/author/PETDANCE), and the book "Land The Tech Job You Love" (http://pragprog.com/book/algh/land-the-tech-job-you-love), published by Pragmatic Bookshelf.

At 6pm we will have another Perl Jam session (i.e. Perl for Beginners.) Alan Voss will give an intro to regular expressions.