Episode 235: Playwright with Debbie O’Brien
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`const podcast = {   episode: 235,  title: 'Playwright',  topics: [     'playwright', 'testing', 'automation'  ],  guest: 'Debbie O’Brien'  hosts: [    'John Papa', 'Dan Wahlin'  ]};`

Recording date: May 11, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa)

Ward Bell @WardBell)

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin)

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker)

Debbie O’Brien @debs_obrien)

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Resources:

• Playwright)
• Playwright documentation)
• End to End testing tools )
• First look at Playwright)
• VS Code extension for Playwright)
• Visual comparison with Playwright)
• Recording videos with Playwright)
• GitHub Copilot)
• Tracing in Playwright)
• Debbie sharing time Traveling debugging with Playwright on YouTube)
• UI Mode in Playwright)
• The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen)
• Get Running Coaching)

Timejumps

• 00:26) Welcome
• 01:38) Guest introduction
• 03:28) What is Playwright?
• 06:43) Sponsor: Nrwl
• 07:19) Do you have to write tests differently to use different languages?
• 09:31) Playwrite VS Code extension
• 12:40) What are we doing when we're testing?
• 16:15) Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 17:16) Could you do visual comparison testing?
• 20:39) Is there migration tools for Playwright?
• 23:12) How would I automate testing with Playwright?
• 25:20) Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions).