<a class="development" href="[variable content]">X</a>

<a class="development" href="(.*?)">X</a>

<a class="development" href="[^"]*">X</a>

<a class="development"
  href="[variable content]">X</a>

<a class="development" href="[variable content]">X
</a>

$("a.development").onclick = function() { return false; }

$("a.development").attr("href", "#");

/<a class="development" href=(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^s<>]+)>.*?</a>/m