# What language are you using for your automation?

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054>\
**Category:** Archive\
**Tags:** automation, coding\
**Created:** [7 October 2020 12:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054 "2020-10-07T12:00:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2020 12:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054/1 "2020-10-07T12:00:01Z")

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Inspired by a news piece I read recently about the most common/popular programming languages for software developers, I was wondering what programming language are you using for your automation?

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**Author:** ![kristof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/kristof/32/10839_2.png) [@kristof](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kristof)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2020 12:53 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054/2 "2020-10-07T12:53:43Z")

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As a consultant it depends on the client, but most commonly here it’s JavaScript, Java & C#.

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**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\
**Post date:** [13 October 2020 11:32 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054/3 "2020-10-13T11:32:55Z")

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Some replies on social media of:

Python  
Typescript  
Java

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**Author:** ![kamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kamster](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kamster)\
**Post date:** [13 October 2020 11:57 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054/4 "2020-10-13T11:57:03Z")

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I use python, namely using pytest for all my testing including etl, web api, and web ui testing

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**Author:** ![mirza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/mirza/32/9965_2.png) [@mirza](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mirza)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2021 14:08 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-language-are-you-using-for-your-automation/43054/5 "2021-05-21T14:08:14Z")

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Just Java (for my automation framework) and JavaScript (in Postman).

I used C# briefly a while ago, for UI testing with Selenium