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Top 5 programming languages for DevOps

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I've been focused on infrastructure for the majority of my career, and the specific technical skills required have shifted over time. In this article, I'll lay out five of the top programming languages for DevOps, and the resources that have been most helpful for me as I've been adding those development skills to my infrastructure toolset. read more

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The two most used programming languages by DevOps are in my experience still Shell-scripting and Perl. 'C' on the other hand is rarely used.

The term DevOps itself is nothing but a fancy new name for Sysadmins, coding/scripting tasks have always been part of the tasks of a Sysadmin.
Quoting:coding/scripting tasks have always been part of the tasks of a Sysadmin
agreed, however i feel that it was also always considered a second-class skill for sysadmins, at least as far as the perception from the outside goes: "sysadmins are not programmers". i do feel that the term devops helped align expectations with reality.

besides shell and perl, python and ruby are strong too. (all our devops code is in python), and if i catch anyone using C for sysadmin tasks in my company, they'll have a hell of explaining to do to justify that.

the most unusual language i have seen used for devops is php...

greetings, eMBee.
I see more demand for python than PERL these days. If you really want a devops position (which is really sysadmin + a bit more coding experience) I'd recommend learning both really, really well.
I have to agree with caitlyn on the python point. For me the python library support is outstanding and I have basically gone with python and bash as the two primary languages for "DevOps" purposes.

I loved Ruby as an elegant language, but Ruby just didn't keep up with the library side of things.

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