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[ITEM] Introduction to Web Scraping Workshop in Sydney 4th September #99

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https://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/2015/08/07/introduction-to-web-scraping-workshop-in-sydney/

Join us in Sydney in two weeks time to learn how to write a web scraper. You can use a scraper to quickly grab all kinds of information for analysis and processing. Scrapers are the backbone of OpenAustralia Foundation projects such as They Vote For You and PlanningAlerts—we’re always finding new ways that scrapers can help, and we're keen to share this skill. Get the details and link to register from the blog post.

This is a half-day workshop and by the afternoon you will have written a web scraper. Tickets are $295. You will need a laptop and some programming experience to attend but you don't have to be an expert. If you know what a variable, loop and array are, then this is for you.

This is a new experiment for the OpenAustralia Foundation. We're trying out a new way to help people who want to make their own projects. If you can't make the workshop, but know someone who might be interested, we’d really appreciate if you could pass this along.