Learn To Code In Python For Testing Automation-Part 1

There are many reasons why you should learn Python, not only just if you want to become an automation tester.

1. Python is 1 of the easiest programming languages to learn
2. Has a large number of frameworks such as Pytest & Selenium
3. Python is an Object-Oriented Programming language and can be used for web development, back end development
4. Can be used for machine learning and AI
5. Diverse libraries
6. Free and open source

Now let’s start the process. There will be follow up articles, but this one will focus on

• Installing Python
• Installing Code Editor
• Variables and data type
• Receiving and printing input and output to and from the console
• Converting variables to different data types

Installing Python

Before we can do anything we must install Python. Navigate to https://www.python.org/downloads/ and download the latest version of Python for your operating system.