Quick note to say an updated version of CraigsCrawl is now available – 4.1
Includes fixes to the crawl engine and how the URLs are distributed between the engines. Previous versions somehow got stuck and wouldn’t crawl, this is now fixed.
Also the locations are back when crawling CraigsList.
I’ve recently got hold of my timetable for this years first semester at University and I’m quite excited!¬† My first year at uni was great, I really enjoyed everything I did except one subject which I felt was completely unrelated to what I was studying.¬† Anyway..¬† this year I will be studying Java along with more VB.Net and programming and design.¬† I have two lecturers which I had last year which is good as I enjoyed their classes.
Java has been something I have never really looked at in great detail, actually – in any detail at all so learning a new language is quite exciting.¬† Whilst studying Java and VB.Net at University, I will also start to study C++ in my own time.¬† I’ve always wanted to learn C++ however its syntax has always put me off in the past.¬† But with my new found experience with C languages (mainly Perl and PHP) which I have gained from working at 3DPixel.Net I’ve made the commitment to learn this language once and for all –
cout << “the basics anyway\n”;
In the past, I’ve only ever concentrated my time using a single language – this being VB.Net for any type of project.¬† Don’t get me wrong, I like using VB.Net simply because its quick and easy to use, however, is there really a demand for a VB.Net developer in the industry?¬† Surely a programmer that can write in a C language is sought after more? Not to mention the difference in salary.
I’ve recently forced myself away from using VB.Net with the exception of the program I am currently developing at my job and trying to use other languages instead of using VB.Net for anything that I feel the need to program.¬† Working at 3DPixel has helped me do this with project such as CheckMyBox.Net which was created in Perl (the backend anyway).
I’ve used VB since I was around 13, starting out by creating various chat bot programs for AOL, thats almost 10 years of using VB. Most recently (the past 3 years) I made the jump to VB.Net. This istelf was quite a challenge at the time considering I almost gave up on the idea of programming as a career after I left college.
Hopefully, I will pick up Java and C++ without any problems as I did with PHP and Perl.¬† If all goes well, I think Objective-C is next on the plate, but (for now) I’m not saying goodbye to VB.