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 (http://beyondgrep.com/more-tools/). We'll explore some of them in this talk, with an emphasis on ack, 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 Other code search tools that go beyond grep If you've got a favorite code search tool, or can talk about best practices using these tools, we'd love to hear them.

The presenter is Andy Lester, the author of ack (http://beyondgrep.com/), many Perl modules, and the book "Land The Tech Job You Love", published by Pragmatic Bookshelf.