title: How to create program to sift local Craig's List finds?
body: <p>I just started to learn programming a little over a week ago and am as green as they come.  I have never taken any computer science courses but am being mentored by a very good professional programmer (my boyfriend).  As a challenge for myself I have to create a program that sifts through Craig's List and emails me continuously thumb nails and links to Craig's List finds that I have set specifications for based on things that I like like vintage, modern, etc.  The program will be written in Java because that is what I aim to get a job in eventually.  My question is, how would one go about this task?  I am not looking for it to be done for me just for some help of course.  Thank you for all your help in advance.</p>
  
  <p>Best,</p>
  
  <p>Paula</p>