Any Strictly "Automation" Blogs Out There? iMacros, PHP Scripts, Cron Jobs topics

rawbones said:
^^^ You fuckers, You are dead on. Sometimes I don't even know how to ask a coding question.

Where would you suggest an ignorant like me start? Fuck, I don't want to do this but I will.
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Hi rawbones.

I am convinced that for newbs and non-technical people, the best series to pick is the "Head First" programming series published by O'Reilly.

Yes, you will need a more advanced book after that and it is a good idea to have a reference book (pocket series by Oreilly or better) next to your computer as well.

But no other book will get you up to speed faster than those.

For PHP, get

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006306?ie=UTF8&tag=codeschmiede-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0596006306"]Head First PHP&MySQL[/ame]

You can slo get books in this series on SQL and HTML, but I really think for AM programming, that is the one starting point you need. (Further, advanced lit and references nonwithstanding)

For knowing how to communicate to outsourced programmers, read my series on managing outsourced projects (shameless plug).

Best,

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rawbones said:
^^^ You fuckers, You are dead on. Sometimes I don't even know how to ask a coding question.

Where would you suggest an ignorant like me start? Fuck, I don't want to do this but I will.
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Here is one place where I learnt the basics of php from when I started learning programming Tizag Php Tutorials. The tutorials there are especially suited for non-technical people. They use simple terms while explaining and its really easy to understand well. I created my first scraper after 3 or 4 days after learning their stuff.

There's another place which has a lot of high quality video tutorials KillerPhp.

Once you've learnt the basics, you'll find almost everything you need from the php manual.
 
Learning PHP really isn't that hard. I downloaded Harrys from darkseoprogramming (closed) script for signing up to phpbb2. Within a week I had learned enough from php tutorials on the internet and from tinkering with this one code that I had a bot that signed up to squidoo and posted content to a new lense.

I reckon anyone in anyway technically inclined could code a php scraper in 2-3 days from scratch. Regex's for anything can be almost always found by a google. LOL for the amount of hours in a year etc. etc. You wasted more time typing long ass posts when you could have easily learned to code.

edit, and why do you have a Margeret Thatcher avatar. Do you have any idea who she is??? Why not put Hitler himself up there.

edit again. Seen as its 6.01am here and I have no chance of sleep I am going to write a basic tutorial on writing a automation bot in the design, development and programming section.
 
If your trying to learn a little bit of programming and PHP, you can find a few tutorials online.

Simple stuff like:
-variables
-if statements
-loops
-arrays
-passing variables through URL's and forms

The above wouldn't take more than a sunday afternoon or two, but would be a great help in understanding how shit works, and would be useful.
 
thuxen said:
If your trying to learn a little bit of programming and PHP, you can find a few tutorials online.

Simple stuff like:
-variables
-if statements
-loops
-arrays
-passing variables through URL's and forms

The above wouldn't take more than a sunday afternoon or two, but would be a great help in understanding how shit works, and would be useful.
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Dude! You are so late, I just slept with Bofu... in exchange for "automation" mentorship!

Now I've paid off all my bills, bought a house and have great health insurance.....oh and I lost 20lbs of stomach fat with his one simple rule

NOW, I FEEL GREAT!!!!!


(lol....)
 
Actually, another question....

PHP or asp.net for automation programming - which do experienced folks prefer and why?
 
I think scripting languages initially came about mainly as niche languages largely to help automate tasks. So scripting languages tend to be better suited to it. But if it's going to be complex or more like a real app then a "real" programming framework or language like .net or java, respectively, may come in handy.
 
riddarhusetgal said:
Actually, another question....

PHP or asp.net for automation programming - which do experienced folks prefer and why?
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I don't think I've seen anyone post ASP code in here at all, yet I've seen dozens, maybe hundreds, of posts mentioning PHP.

It's pretty fucking obvious what the overwhelming trend is if you've read any of the posts or articles linked to by people in here.
 
Oh yeah, and your original post about working hours in a year said:

5824 Represents the number of WORKING HOURS in a year if you work 8 hours a day.
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8 * 365 = 2920
16 * 365 = 5840
 
Supergeek said:
I don't think I've seen anyone post ASP code in here at all, yet I've seen dozens, maybe hundreds, of posts mentioning PHP.

It's pretty fucking obvious what the overwhelming trend is if you've read any of the posts or articles linked to by people in here.
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Correlation does not equal causality. In other words there was no real point beyond asininity to your statement. That said, if you have something useful and helpful to say to present and future readers, I'm sure we're all ears.
 
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