Programming and astronomy.

Question

I was wondering, how important is programming in astronomy?

Answer 1

Based on this Quora page, programming seems like an extremely important aspect to astronomy, as research and data analysis is nearly all dependent on the ability to use scripts to be able to analyze data as well as generating models of galactic objects playing a very important role in helping us understand what certain things are and how they may react with one another.
https://www.quora.com/How-important-is-programming-in-observational-and-experimental-astrophysics-If-its-important-what-languages-should-I-know