Useful Links

• Languages:

  • Python: https://www.python.org/
  • XPath: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/

• Web scraping frameworks:

  • Scrapy: http://scrapy.org/
  • BeautifulSoup: http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/

• Books:

  • Dive Into Python 3, by Mark Pilgrim: http://getpython3.com/diveintopython3/

• References:

  • Web APIs: http://www.programmableweb.com/

• Tools:

  • Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
  • Firebug (add-on): https://getfirebug.com/
  • Web Developer (add-on): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/