Oh man, I remember my first web crawler project. It was a mess! But yeah, Python is the MVP here. Scrapy is awesome, but if you’re just starting, BeautifulSoup + Requests is simpler to wrap your head around.
For edge cases, I’d recommend using `try-except` blocks to handle errors gracefully. And don’t forget to check `robots.txt`—there are libraries like `robotexclusionrulesparser` that make it easier.
If you’re worried about speed, maybe look into async libraries like `aiohttp` or `httpx`. They’re a bit trickier but worth it for performance.
For edge cases, I’d recommend using `try-except` blocks to handle errors gracefully. And don’t forget to check `robots.txt`—there are libraries like `robotexclusionrulesparser` that make it easier.
If you’re worried about speed, maybe look into async libraries like `aiohttp` or `httpx`. They’re a bit trickier but worth it for performance.