LazyHacks 2024 Presentation

Workshop run for LazyHacks 2024 titled "Lazy Data Collection: An Intro to Python Web Scraping".

Slides

Slides can be found in the slideshow/ directory. You can compile or preview them using Marp.

To view:

cd slideshow
npm install

You can then run them (instructions from the Marp repository):

# Convert slide deck into HTML
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest slideshow.md
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest slideshow.md -o output.html

# Convert slide deck into PDF
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest slideshow.md --pdf
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest slideshow.md -o output.pdf

# Convert slide deck into PowerPoint document (PPTX)
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest slideshow.md --pptx
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest slideshow.md -o output.pptx

# Watch mode
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest -w slideshow.md

# Server mode (Pass directory to serve)
npx @marp-team/marp-cli@latest -s ./slides

Demo Code

The code for this workshop can be found in the demo/ directory. Python3 is required for this demo.

To run:

pip install selenium
python main.py