Web application for online web scraping

Author: Jakub Drahoš

Project structure

All the source files are located inside the src/ folder - src/impl/ contains the code of the applicatin, whereas in src/thesis/ you will find source files of the thesis in the LaTeX format.

You can also find compiled text (PDF and PS formats) inside the text/ folder.

Instalation of the app

1. Open your internet browser Google Chrome
2. Go to the chrome://extensions/ or alternatively click on the controls menu (in the top right corner) -> "More tools" -> "Extensions"
3. Turn on the Developer mode (switch is located in the top right corner)
4. Click on the Load unpacked button in the top left corner
5. Select the whole src/impl/ folder in the opened file dialog
6. The extension should be successfully installed by now and ready to use

Running the tests

1. Make sure you have installed the npm package manager: npm --version
2. Go to the folder with source files of the app: cd src/impl/
3. Install all the required packages: npm install
4. Run the tests npm test

Compilation of the text

1. Go to the folder with source files of the thesis: cd src/thesis/
2. Run the command pdflatex thesis.tex to compile into PDF format
3. For PS format you can use pdf2ps thesis.pdf (if you've already got the PDF file)