jueves, 17 de septiembre de 2020

How we learnt to stop worrying and love web scraping

How we learnt to stop worrying and love web scraping

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How to learn to love web scraping

Data available online can be messy. Building a web scraper automates tasks such as gathering information from separate PDFs or web pages into a more usable format, such as a spreadsheet. Building a web scraper can also teach you about software development, boost confidence and feel like a research superpower, say three researchers who build data-wrangling tools to support evidence-based medicine.
Nature | 6 min read

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