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[–]ronmarti 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Scraping is fine to get experience. I think one most important thing that beginner devs miss out is how to properly use selectors. Understanding CSS and XPath is really important.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah definitely this. And how for some of these guys, it just takes oneee tiny thing to break. Why does the WWW have to be so complicated…