What is Playwright?
Playwright is a Node.js library to automate Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API. Playwright is built to enable cross-browser web testing.
Playwright by Microsoft
Playwright initially started as a fork of Puppeteer. Puppeteer is a Node.js library used to automate Chromium browsers with a JavaScript API.
🚀 Capabilities:
- ✅ Spans multiple pages, domains, and iframes
- ✅ Intercept network activity for stubbing and mocking requests
- ✅ Emulate mobile devices, geolocation, and permissions
- ✅ Native input events for mouse and keyboard
- ✅ Upload & download support
Playwright enables fast, reliable, and capable automation across all modern browsers.
🌍 Support for All Browsers:
- 🖥️ Test on Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit
- 📱 Test for mobile (device emulation)
- 🏎️ Supports headless and headful execution
⚡ Fast and Reliable Execution:
- 🔹 Auto-wait APIs (clicks, types, etc.)
- 🔹 Timeout-free automation
- 🔹 Lean parallelization with browser contexts
- 🔹 Wide variety of selectors (locators) & shadow-DOM support
- 🔹 Handles single-page applications (SPA) efficiently
🛠 Pre-requirements:
1️⃣ JDK 11 2️⃣ Eclipse Editor 3️⃣ Maven
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