Firefox is my personal favorite browser, due in part to all of the great extensions available for it. When you try running Firefox with Selenium, however, you’ll probably find that Firefox is missing the extensions you have installed and normally use when browsing. Luckily, there’s a quick and easy way to install all your favorite […]
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Using Headless Firefox with Selenium in Python
Headless Firefox and regular Firefox have the same capabilities, and running them with Selenium is a very similar process. The difference is that Headless Firefox does not generate any sort of user interface. In other words, no browser is visibly launched. If you happen to be web scraping with Selenium, it’s often helpful to see […]
Using Headless Chrome with Selenium in Python
Headless Chrome and regular Chrome have the same capabilities, and running them with Selenium is a very similar process. The difference is that Headless Chrome does not generate any sort of user interface. In other words, no browser is visibly launched. If you happen to be web scraping with Selenium, it’s often helpful to see […]
Quick Guide to Installing Selenium (Firefox version)
To set up Selenium, you’ll first need to have Python installed. Check out my other posts if you need help with that. Next, you need to install Selenium. To do this, simply open up your Windows command prompt or Mac/Linux terminal and enter the command: Now that Selenium is installed, you need to pick a […]
Intro to Python, Epilogue – Only the Beginning
Congratulations, dear reader, on completing your quest. But be warned, opening the Door was but the first step of your journey. You now have an understanding of all the fundamental programming concepts required to begin making useful things. But what exactly will you do from here on out? Allow me to make a few suggestions: […]
Intro to Python, Chapter 8 – Opening the Door
Baldric was suddenly standing in a crowd of soldiers. Not Imperial soldiers thankfully. These were more ragtag, wearing random bits of armor here and there. Some had swords and shields, though most had spears or clubs or long knives. One formidable-looking woman appeared to be wielding a frying pan. They were all hurrying away in […]
Intro to Python, Chapter 7 – Imports and Nesting
Baldric had been a town guard for years, breaking up fights and catching thieves and helping the elderly cross the street. When the Empire arose and moved him to HR, he dragged prisoners to staff meetings and hauled corpses away without thinking much of it. Law and order was better than letting those rebels Management […]
Intro to Python, Chapter 6 – Built-in Functions and Methods
Magic-wielding escapees were desperately deflecting the Imperial attacks on the fortress’ supports as best they could, but Baldric could see it was only a matter of time before they all took a dive, like so many employees before them, into the lake of fire. Of course, HR prisoners usually died by some other means first, […]
Intro to Python, Chapter 5 – Loops
Baldric groggily opened his eyes and was greeted by a splitting pain in his head. He had been having the strangest dream, something about a crystal, and a snake eating its own tail, and…a singing head of cabbage? Strange indeed. He looked around in the dim torchlight and found himself in a large cell of […]
Intro to Python, Chapter 4 – Functions
Baldric emerged from the passageway to find himself in an enormous cavern, its ceiling lost in shadow. Great columns of black stone soared from the ground, and pools of lava bubbled throughout, lighting the cavern in a dark red. The heat was suffocating. Baldric saw Bill standing on a stone outcrop nearby, apparently scanning for […]