What is the best language for automation?

Answer 1

I'd say Python! Anything you can think of, you can automate with it, and it's generally quick to write. Need to take new data and insert it into an excel, which is then emailed to someone? It's possible, and has been done! Wanna delete a files from a directory by/every a certain time/date? Easy! Wanna write a script to like every new code on SoloLearn? Oh my...

The downside to it is that Python is slow. Its fast enough for most tasks, but for heavy duty stuff you may want to consider some other language. Possibly Java, or C++ if it's really heavy.

Alternates to Python are:
Bash (handy, but more limited)
Ruby (nicer syntax, but less libraries. and also slower)
Perl (Python before Python was Python. Use if ya wanna be old skool!)

Answer 2

Python,
1. Simple and easy.
2. Widely used for Artificial Intelligence.
3. Supports large number of libraries.

Answer 3

Raspberry pi, which is programmable through python, is a very good tool for house automation, building robots etc.