Do I need Java for Selenium testing?

Question

Earlier this year, Oracle announced that it will drop support for Java SE 8 released after January 2019 to parties that don't own a commercial license:

" Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial or production use without a commercial license.

I am currently on a team that uses Selenium for testing our web application. I need to determine if the costs of the new commercial license will be worth it in the long term. Is there a different way we can continue testing our web application that doesn't use Java?

I've seen a lot of backlash over this move by Oracle, and know many people who are switching to OpenJDK, but I don't have the experience in making that decision and I would appreciate some answers or guidance.

Answer 1

Do I need Java for Selenium testing?

No. Selenium has language bindings for many popular languages Supported Platforms . For example, Python.

There are a lot of resources for learning selenium in Python. You can start here Python Selenium , or look here for some example codes Python Selenium Examples