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Every language has its niche (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Python is the language of choice for most test automation

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    If I can't do it as a Bash one-liner, I'm using Python

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    I use perl, but everyone hates me and would rather rewrite my little scripts in python than bother changing a single line

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    You're right, everyone hates you.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    😔

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    The good news is that you can stop using Perl at any time.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    For quick data parsing you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands im afraid

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Depends entirely what tests you're automating. Java codebase? Probably Java tests too. Anything web? Tests will be JS too, etc.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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)

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