ParseHub is the software you'll be using to practice web scraping. Don't worry if you're interested in other software though, the skills you learn will be applicable to other web scraping tools too!

Start by installing ParseHub at this link. From there, follow the built-in instructions to set up the application. Once you're ready, click on "New Project" to begin scraping!

Copy the URL of whichever website you want to scrape and paste it into the text box on the upper left of the screen. (Not sure what to scrape? The lesson's examples will be using this link.) Then, click on "Start Project of this URL" to open the website.

When the website shows up, three options will be presented to you" the Command panel, a display of the website you are scraping, and what the scraped data will look like.

Before selecting which items on the screen to scrape, you need to name them properly so that the data is organized and readable. Double-clicking on an element will highlight its name so that you can edit it. (Pro Tip: Make sure to never have spaces when naming, use underscores instead.)