I am interested in learning how to use a more modern up-to-date programming/scripting language to "scrape/automate" the web.
I already know how the basic concepts work (GET/POST requests, querystrings,postdata,user-agents,headers,cookies,proxies) However it's probably safe to say that the language i currently use (autoit scripting) is a bit long in the tooth and it might be time for a change since it doesn't even support proper multithreading...
I am not looking to build advanced and optimized desktop applications that take a year to finalize, but would rather learn a language that is MODERN and simple/powerful which also has rapid deployment capabilities (this is why i like auto-it) for my web automating needs. Ive read about python/rubyonrails/nodejs but i'd like to hear it from fellow blackhatters that actually build their own interesting custom web bots. I know i am not going to become some super badass programmer all of a sudden, i'd just like to slap some cool web automation tools together, because it's the most fun to design them yourself, and it's also about time to graduate from autoit. Some resources would be nice to read over.......
Cheers
I already know how the basic concepts work (GET/POST requests, querystrings,postdata,user-agents,headers,cookies,proxies) However it's probably safe to say that the language i currently use (autoit scripting) is a bit long in the tooth and it might be time for a change since it doesn't even support proper multithreading...
I am not looking to build advanced and optimized desktop applications that take a year to finalize, but would rather learn a language that is MODERN and simple/powerful which also has rapid deployment capabilities (this is why i like auto-it) for my web automating needs. Ive read about python/rubyonrails/nodejs but i'd like to hear it from fellow blackhatters that actually build their own interesting custom web bots. I know i am not going to become some super badass programmer all of a sudden, i'd just like to slap some cool web automation tools together, because it's the most fun to design them yourself, and it's also about time to graduate from autoit. Some resources would be nice to read over.......
Cheers