Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. This book is full of short, concise recipes to learn a variety of useful web scraping techniques using Java. You will start with a simple basic recipe of setting up your Java environment and gradually learn some more advanced recipes such as using complex Scrapers. Instant Web Scraping with Java is aimed at developers who, while not necessarily familiar with Java, are at least ready to dive into the complexities of this language with simple, step-by-step instructions leading the way. It is assumed that you have at least an intermediate knowledge of HTML, some knowledge of MySQL, and access to an Internet-connected computer while doing most of the exercises (after all, scraping the Web is difficult if your code can't get online!)

Author Biography

Ryan Mitchell has ten years of programming experience, including Java, C, Perl, PHP, and Python. In addition to "traditional" programming, she specializes in web technologies, with three years of Drupal development experience, and is Sitecore developer certifi ed. She graduated from Olin College of Engineering and is currently studying at the Harvard University Extension School for a Masters in Software Engineering. In addition to academic life, she currently works at Velir Studios as a Web Systems Analyst, and has also worked as a developer for Harvard University and Abine Inc.