What's the best automation or scripting tool to automate repetitive tasks with applications?

I recommend AutoHotKey . Its syntax is not pretty, but most of the times you don't have to concoct your own scripts, because its community is so large and well organized. Even if you do, the documentation is extensive and good and the forums will answer your questions quickly.

The developer is active and responsive, which means that bugs get fixed quickly, and new features are being considered and added.

I love AutoHotkey (small k...) too, but beside its odd syntax, it has the same lack of debugging tools... Basically, that's "show msgbox alerts, send strings to file or debugview, trace". Which is OK for most cases, since you rarely write long and complex applications with these tools.

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