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Playwright Has a Free E2E Testing Framework: Cross-Browser Tests That Run in Parallel With Auto-Waiting

Playwright Has a Free E2E Testing Framework: Cross-Browser Tests That Run in Parallel With Auto-Waiting

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov

Cypress runs only in Chromium. Selenium needs WebDriver setup and flaky waits. Puppeteer doesn't support Firefox or Safari. Your E2E tests are slow, flaky, and only cover one browser. What if your E2E framework ran Chromium, Firefox, AND WebKit in parallel — with auto-waiting that eliminates flaky tests? That's Playwright Test. Quick Start npm init playwright@latest This creates: playwright.config.ts — configuration tests/ — test directory with example tests-results/ — artifacts (screenshots, videos) Your First Test import { test , expect } from " @playwright/test " ; test ( " user can log in " , async ({ page }) => { await page . goto ( " /login " ); await page . fill ( ' [name="email"] ' , " test@example.com " ); await page . fill ( ' [name="password"] ' , " password123 " ); await page . click ( ' button[type="submit"] ' ); // Auto-waits for element to appear await expect ( page . getByText ( " Welcome back " )). toBeVisible (); await expect ( page ). toHaveURL ( " /dashboard " ); })

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