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Playwright enables reliable end-to-end testing moder web apps.
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Applications prospective Playwright supports web browser apps, mobile web apps, API.
Languages supported - JavaScript, Typescript, Java, Python &.NET (C#). Initially it is started with the Node JS which will support JavaScript. Documentation is clearly given in the site.
Browser Supported - Chromium, Web Kit (Safari) and Firefox (headed/ headless) By default headless mode will be supported. The chromium-based web browsers are like Opera, Epic, Edge, Brave, Torch, etc.,
Operating Supported - Windows, MacOS, Linux
Features of Playwright
Free & Opensource
Multi-Browser, Multi Language
Easy setup and configuration
We can Automate Functional, Api, with third-part support we can perform accessibility testing.
Built in reporters is present where we can automatically generate reports.
Custom reports are also possible.
supports CI/CD, Docker
Support parallel testing (no need to depend on third-party)
Built-in Auto wait mechanism, if we face any synchronization probles while automating while executing the test cases on the browser so to solve those synchronization problem we use different types of wait like implicit wait, explicit wait. Playwright will wait for page load and elements appear.
Built-in Assertions
Multi tab & Multi window support
Frames, Shadow Dom elements
support parameter
Emulate mobile devices (we can test both web and mobile application)
Faster
FEATURES | PLAYWRIGHT | SELENIUM | CYPRESS |
Browsers supported | Chromium,WebKit(safari)and Firefox | Chrome,Firefox,Safari,Edge,IE,etc | Chrome,Firefox & Edge |
Programming languages | Java,Python,JavaScript,.NET | Java,C#,Python | Javascript,Typescript |
OS | ALL | ALL | ALL |
Headless Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cross-Browser Testing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Parallel Execution | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Auto waits | Yes | No | Yes |
Multi-tab and multi window | Yes | Yes | No |
Real-Time Test execution | No | No | Yes |
Debugging | Built-in debuggers and Dev tools integration | Integrate with browser developer tools | Built-in debuggers and dev tools integration |
Api Testing | Yes | No | Yes |
Community Support | Growing | Large | Growing |
Testing Frameworks | Jest,Mocha,etc | TestNg,Junit | Mocha |
Performance | High | Good | High |