Playwright
by Microsoft
Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API, enabling cross-browser web automation that is ever-green, capable, reliable and fast.
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What is Playwright?
Playwright is a framework for reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps. It supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers and offers features like auto-waiting, web-first assertions, and tracing to eliminate flaky tests.
How to use Playwright?
Playwright can be installed using npm. The easiest way to get started is to use the init command: npm init playwright@latest. This will create a configuration file and optionally add examples. Alternatively, you can manually add the dependency and install browsers using npm i -D @playwright/test and npx playwright install.
Key features of Playwright
Resilient with auto-wait and web-first assertions
Supports multiple browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit)
Full isolation with browser contexts
Powerful tooling including Codegen, Playwright inspector, and Trace Viewer
Use cases of Playwright
Automated web testing
Cross-browser compatibility testing
UI testing
Web scraping and automation
FAQ from Playwright
What browsers does Playwright support?
What browsers does Playwright support?
Playwright supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
What languages are supported?
What languages are supported?
Playwright supports TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, .NET, and Java.
How does Playwright handle flaky tests?
How does Playwright handle flaky tests?
Playwright has features like auto-wait, web-first assertions, and tracing to eliminate flaky tests.
What is a browser context?
What is a browser context?
A browser context is equivalent to a brand new browser profile, providing full test isolation with zero overhead.
What is Codegen?
What is Codegen?
Codegen generates tests by recording your actions, which can then be saved into any supported language.