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shanteclaire

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Does anyone know any good books and resources on building web bots and automated software and what language would be good for that

 

0xxi3

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• Aug 28, 2016

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You need to learn a lot more than just any programming language or some techniques. Consider this book, it's a good starter for all sorts of programming tasks. It'll help you out a lot with designing and constructing programs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms

 

CialisBilligInternet

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• Aug 28, 2016

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Here is where the scientists of bhw appear and tell us all there secrets on creating bots.

 

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shanteclaire

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thank you i will definitely check it out

 

JasonS

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• Aug 29, 2016

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I presume as you're a newbie. So, there is two options for you.
1. Learn programming languages like .net, c#, java, php etc..
2. Use bot creating tools like uBot, Zennoposter etc..

Choice is yours.

 

goodperson

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You can use autoIT, C#, imacros, etc.

 

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shanteclaire

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I am most familiar in python. is there any tutorial on where I should even start. I am not scared to learn a new language but if i already know python i was wondering i should just try to build something

 

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zyx2000

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• Aug 31, 2016

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There are lots of resources where you can read about web scraping in Python. I found these for instance...

http://www.gregreda.com/2013/03/03/web-scraping-101-with-python/
http://jakeaustwick.me/python-web-scraping-resource/

And some libraries you can use and see how they are coded...

https://github.com/buckyroberts/Spider
https://github.com/odynvolk/web-snake

 

serbyy

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I also recomend you look into python...the learning courve is fast...I can say if you ever played with automation tools you would have no problem learning py. Give it a try!

 

outscrape

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• Dec 8, 2016

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This is really a question of what your plan is. I recommend you start with automated software that is free, then move to something that is paid (usually better), then you will have a good idea of a language to move to. This could take months of time but is worth it.

for me, I started out with autoit, imacros, then ubot, then python, then C#.

 

Twaego

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You also want to learn about multithreading and synchronization, if you decide to use programming language. Are you planning to use http client or full browser emulation?