urlib - to use or not to use ( for web scraping )?

[Truman]

Al Sweigart in Automate the boring stuff with Python strongly suggests to avoid urlib2. I'm asking this because I came to possession of a book called "Web Scraping with Python" by Ryan Mitchell. Her book uses it from the first page. Should I just skip it?

Also, if you have any recommendation on books or video tutorials about Web Scraping I'll be glad to hear it.