How did 2020 went in terms of Language and tools for UI automation
I stumbled upon an article in Applitools regarding top UI Automation tools and programming languages for UI automation. PFB highlights Languages https://applitools.com/blog/2020-most-popular-programming-languages-for-ui-test-automation/ Language 2020 2019 COMMENTS JAVA 43% 44% 1% DROP JAVASCRIPT 35% 15% wow, what a jump. In fact, it is rated at the top in Stackoverflow à https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019/#technology C# 8.8% 13% PYTHON 8% 8% No change however if we look beyond UI automation, then I am sure , Python usage would be much higher ( As per SFO 2020 analysis, Python beats Java, 44% vs 40%) RUBY 4.2% 8.9% can say Ruby for UI automation is dead Tools Selenium Webdriver: No doubt it's still at the number 1 spot Cypress ( in JS language it commands 47%) WebdriverIO ( in JS language, it commands 23%) TestCafe ( in JS language , 5%) Key take away :- Gradually, JS is becoming a good alternative t...