Playwright Browser Automation and Testing

Playwright is perhaps a lesser known browser automation and testing library compared to Cypress, Selenium, and Puppeteer. However, in many ways, it's one of the best browser automation and testing libraries out there.
In this video, we walk through why it's such a powerful testing tool and how to use some of the key features in the library.

[@gorgiasxx]

This is a great introduction to playwright. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

[@chrlschn]

Really appreciate the feedback!

[@TheSiddhaartha]

Absolutely great tutorial! Advantages of Playwright over Cypress are helpful!

[@chrlschn]

Appreciate the feedback; glad it was useful!

[@saipavan1156]

Wow! Charles! Love your content and presentation. This sure looks like an impressive tool. Will try this shortly. I have been working on selenium for more than 10 years now but this is clearly way more impressive.

[@chrlschn]

Playwright is a great tool and addresses many of the pain points around Selenium. Perhaps not quite as mature as Selenium, but it's amazing to work with!

[@saipavan1156]

@charles chen - where do you see selenium vs playwright in 10 years time?

[@chrlschn]

@@saipavan1156 Neither are going away, but Playwright will continue to take up marketshare because it is a bit more accessible to Node and Python developers (the fastest growing segment, I think). I haven't looked at Selenium in probably 7 years now so I don't know what kind of progress it has made, but ease of use and accessibility are really key for adoption.

[@osmanislyamov5095]

Great video, Thanks. Wish you do much more for Playwright.

[@chrlschn]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@bubixon6133]

Great video! Greetings from Poland :)

[@chrlschn]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ydongxu2105]

Great video!

[@chrlschn]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@prasannasolanke2021]

IS there a way to launch tests in normal browser mode and not incognito mode?

[@chrlschn]

I don't think so; what is your use case?

[@donaldjames20]

The page I want to automate needs OTP authentication. Since the page opens in incognito, I have to authenticate every single time I run the test