What is the difference between scripting and automation?
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Automation is the concept of having a system do a task by itself that normally humans would have to do. This can be achieved many different ways.
Scripting is a specific technique that uses a predetermined firm set of instructions for a system to perform a given tasks. That system performs the same way everytime without regard for other inputs and variables. Programming is when the system will changes it’s behavior based on inputs.
A toaster that turns itself on when you put bread into it is automation. If it spits it back out after a predetermined amount of time every time, it’s automation via scripting. If it calculates the time need based on the amount of bread, type of bread, temperature of bread, temperature of the room, humidity of the room, or etc then it’s automation via programming.
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