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Python is the language of choice for most test automation
If I can't do it as a Bash one-liner, I'm using Python
subprocess.Popen(["bash one-liner"], stdout=PIPE, stderr-PIPE, text=True)I use perl, but everyone hates me and would rather rewrite my little scripts in python than bother changing a single line
You're right, everyone hates you.
😔
The good news is that you can stop using Perl at any time.
For quick data parsing you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands im afraid
That could be arranged. I could bash you over the head with a python.
It's a kind offer, but my head is far too hard
Grug use go because it easier, faster, and compiles to share with friends of Grug
Depends entirely what tests you're automating. Java codebase? Probably Java tests too. Anything web? Tests will be JS too, etc.
Web testing is also done in python. Selenium has support in all major Python test frameworks. I've done SE-only tests in Robot, hybrid SE/Python using BDD with Behave, etc.
Unless I'm testing a language-specific API, I'm probably going to use Python...
I'm guessing that's because you're a python developer though. If you're a frontend developer who knows JS then why wouldn't you use that for your tests? (Apart from the fact that JS is horrible, but you've already accepted that suffering by becoming a web dev)
I'm a test automation developer, I'm not necessarily bound by the platform that the application is written in unless I'm writing white-box tests.