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Playwright Web Testing & Automation Framework 🎭

Playwright is an open-source framework for Web Testing and Automation. It enables reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps across browsers and platforms, using one API! Playwright supports resilient testing (with features like auto-wait, web-first assertions and tracing) with powerful tooling for authoring, debugging and profiling your end-to-end tests!

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Why Should You Use data-testid Attributes for Test Automation?

Why Should You Use data-testid Attributes for Test Automation?

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Playwright Release 1.51: Smarter Debugging, Enhanced Reports & More!

Playwright Release 1.51: Smarter Debugging, Enhanced Reports & More!

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Shift Left Testing: A Comprehensive Guide for QA Test Engineers

Shift Left Testing: A Comprehensive Guide for QA Test Engineers

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What Is a Headless Browser and The Best Headless Browser for Scraping

What Is a Headless Browser and The Best Headless Browser for Scraping

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End-to-End SEO Testing with Playwright and Lighthouse

End-to-End SEO Testing with Playwright and Lighthouse

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Start Test Automation: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Start Test Automation: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

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AI locators for Playwright 🚀

AI locators for Playwright 🚀

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Setup type safe Playwright-Graphql client.

Setup type safe Playwright-Graphql client.

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E2E testing challenges using Playwright

E2E testing challenges using Playwright

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Page Objects vs. Functional Helpers

Page Objects vs. Functional Helpers

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Mocking com Playwright

Mocking com Playwright

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Playwright-graphql: Revolutionize GraphQL Testing with Auto-Generated Type-Safe Client

Playwright-graphql: Revolutionize GraphQL Testing with Auto-Generated Type-Safe Client

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Why does testing suck so much in 2025?

Why does testing suck so much in 2025?

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How to Reproduce CI Failures Locally in Playwright

How to Reproduce CI Failures Locally in Playwright

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The Test Drama: Cypress vs Playwright - Control Your Tests (Part 1): ANNOTATIONS & GROUP TESTS

The Test Drama: Cypress vs Playwright - Control Your Tests (Part 1): ANNOTATIONS & GROUP TESTS

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Playwright: A Guide to Browser Automation & Testing

Playwright: A Guide to Browser Automation & Testing

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🎭 playwright-cli-select

🎭 playwright-cli-select

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Playwright Assertions: Avoid Race Conditions with This Simple Fix!

Playwright Assertions: Avoid Race Conditions with This Simple Fix!

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Playwright vs. Puppeteer: Should You Make the Switch?

Playwright vs. Puppeteer: Should You Make the Switch?

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Catch Missing `await` Calls in Playwright Tests with ESLint

Catch Missing `await` Calls in Playwright Tests with ESLint

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Playwright: dicas e boas práticas

Playwright: dicas e boas práticas

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Organização de testes automatizados

Organização de testes automatizados

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Beginner's Guide: How to set up PostgreSQL within Playwright for Test Automation

Beginner's Guide: How to set up PostgreSQL within Playwright for Test Automation

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Cypress Debugging: How to Get Started

Cypress Debugging: How to Get Started

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Automating Visual Regression Testing with Playwright

Automating Visual Regression Testing with Playwright

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