title: Is Regular Expressions the best way to go about matching and replacing text?
body: <p>I am well aware of what regular expressions are, so please avoid giving me definitions. I am merely looking for an opinion, and maybe even some advice. I am graduating soon with my degree in computer science, and to this point, The only education I have gotten on regular expressions, is through  a course on PL design and development. We have never been educated on the actual application and use of it in programs that we are writing, only on using Regex to actually with the programming language.</p>
  
  <p>The question I have is, am I right in assuming the regex is the most powerful tool in matching, and dealing with text? If I am wrong, what else is out there that I should be teaching myself (as opposed to becoming good with regex)? Also, does anybody know any good regex plugins for the Eclipse IDE(Galileo preferably). I'm looking for something that allows me to test the document and maybe highlight what is being done. Thanks</p>