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❝Existing Selenium projects will continue for a long time, but after learning Playwright, I will never start a new E2E test project in Selenium.❞ ~ Andrejs

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❝I have used both for some time now and can’t wait to see what points both speakers put.❞ ~ Rahul

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❝I have used both selenium and playwright(js binding). For me playwright is the clear winner. Let the code speak❞ ~ Dushyant

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❝About time Selenium got a worthy competitor. I've been a WebDriver fan for good 7+ years and can’t wait to see how long will Playwright survive against it 😉❞ ~ Akash

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❝Sorry Angie. On this one I’m team Andy, my bet is on Playwright❞ ~ Ixchel

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❝Playwright is absolutely changing the game! Automatic waits, built in device and multiple browser support, available in Python, JS, and more! ❞ ~ Sean

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Why compare

Selenium vs Playwright?

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👩🏽‍💻Selenium WebDriver (Java)

 

🧑🏻‍💻Playwright

(Java)

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The Battle

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🥊 10 Rounds
 

💻 Show implementations in Selenium and Playwright
 

🗳 You vote
 

💬 Discuss after each round

Round 1:

Element Interaction

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Round 1: Playwright

@Test
public void testLogin()
{
    page.navigate("https://demo.applitools.com/");
    page.fill("id=username", "andy");
    page.fill("id=password", "panda<3");
    page.click("id=log-in");
    assertThat(page.locator(".element-header >> nth=0"))
      	.hasText("Financial Overview");
}

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Round 1: Selenium

@Test
public void testLogin()
{
    driver.get("https://demo.applitools.com/");
    driver.findElement(By.id("username")).sendKeys("angie");
    driver.findElement(By.id("password")).sendKeys("12345");
    driver.findElement(By.id("log-in")).click();
    assertEquals(
            "Financial Overview",
            driver.findElement(By.className("element-header")).getText());
}

Round 1: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testLogin()
{
    page.navigate("https://demo.applitools.com/");
    page.fill("id=username", "andy");
    page.fill("id=password", "panda<3");
    page.click("id=log-in");
    assertThat(page.locator(".element-header >> nth=0"))
      	.hasText("Financial Overview");
}
@Test
public void testLogin()
{
    driver.get("https://demo.applitools.com/");
    driver.findElement(By.id("username")).sendKeys("angie");
    driver.findElement(By.id("password")).sendKeys("12345");
    driver.findElement(By.id("log-in")).click();
    assertEquals(
            "Financial Overview",
            driver.findElement(By.className("element-header")).getText());
}

Round 2: Dropdowns

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Round 2: Selenium

@Test
public void testDropdown()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/select");
    
    Select dropdown = 
        new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("spices-select-single")));
        
    dropdown.selectByValue("ginger");
    
    assertEquals("ginger", 
        dropdown.getAllSelectedOptions().get(0).getAttribute("value"));
}

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Round 2: Playwright

@Test
public void testDropdown()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/select");
    page.selectOption("id=spices-select-single", "ginger");
    
    assertThat(page.locator("id=spices-select-single"))
    	.hasValue("ginger");
}

Round 2: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testDropdown()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/select");
    
    Select dropdown = 
        new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("spices-select-single")));
        
    dropdown.selectByValue("ginger");
    
    assertEquals("ginger", 
        dropdown.getAllSelectedOptions().get(0).getAttribute("value"));
}
@Test
public void testDropdown()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/select");
    page.selectOption("id=spices-select-single", "ginger");
    
    assertThat(page.locator("id=spices-select-single"))
    	.hasValue("ginger");
}

Round 3:

Uploading Files

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Round 3: Playwright

@Test
public void testFileUpload()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/file-picker");
    page.setInputFiles("id=photo-upload", Paths.get("pic.jpg"));
}

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Round 3: Selenium

@Test
public void testFileUpload()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/file-picker");
    driver.findElement(By.id("photo-upload")).sendKeys("/Users/angie/tmp/pic.jpg");
}

Round 3: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testFileUpload()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/file-picker");
    driver.findElement(By.id("photo-upload")).sendKeys("/Users/angie/tmp/pic.jpg");
}
@Test
public void testFileUpload()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/file-picker");
    page.setInputFiles("id=photo-upload", Paths.get("pic.jpg"));
}

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Round 4: Frames

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Round 4: Selenium

@Test
public void testIframe()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/iframe");
    
    assertTrue(
    	driver.switchTo().frame("the-kitchen-table")
            .findElement(By.id("fruits-vegetables"))
            .isDisplayed());
}

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Round 4: Playwright

@Test
public void testIframe()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/iframe");
    
    assertThat(page
    	.frameLocator("id=the-kitchen-table")
        .locator("id=fruits-vegetables")
    ).isVisible();
}

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Round 4: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testIframe()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/iframe");
    
    assertTrue(
    	driver.switchTo().frame("the-kitchen-table")
            .findElement(By.id("fruits-vegetables"))
            .isDisplayed());
}
@Test
public void testIframe()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/iframe");
    
    assertThat(
    	page.frameLocator("id=the-kitchen-table")
        .locator("id=fruits-vegetables")
    ).isVisible();
}

Round 5: Waiting

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Round 5: Playwright

@Test
public void testWaitForFilter()
{
    page.navigate("https://automationbookstore.dev/");
    page.fill("id=searchBar", "testing");
    
    page.locator("li.ui-screen-hidden >> nth=0").waitFor(
        new Locator.WaitForOptions()
            .setState(WaitForSelectorState.HIDDEN)
            .setTimeout(5000));
    
    assertThat(page.locator("li:not(.ui-screen-hidden)"))
      	.hasCount(1, new LocatorAssertions.HasCountOptions().setTimeout(5000));
}

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Round 5: Playwright (simplified)

@Test
public void testWaitForFilter()
{
    page.navigate("https://automationbookstore.dev/");
    page.fill("id=searchBar", "testing");
    
    // page.locator("li.ui-screen-hidden >> nth=0").waitFor(
    //    new Locator.WaitForOptions()
    //        .setState(WaitForSelectorState.HIDDEN)
    //        .setTimeout(5000));
    
    assertThat(page.locator("li:not(.ui-screen-hidden)"))
      	.hasCount(1, new LocatorAssertions.HasCountOptions().setTimeout(5000));
}

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Round 5: Selenium

@Test
public void testWaitForFilter()
{
    driver.get("https://automationbookstore.dev/");
    driver.findElement(By.id("searchBar")).sendKeys("testing");
    
    new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(5))
        .until(presenceOfElementLocated(
            By.cssSelector("li.ui-screen-hidden"))
        );
   
    assertEquals(1, 
        driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("li:not(.ui-screen-hidden)"))
            .size());
}

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Round 5: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testWaitForFilter()
{
    ...
    new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(5))
        .until(presenceOfElementLocated(
            By.cssSelector("li.ui-screen-hidden"))
        );
    ...
}
@Test
public void testWaitForFilter()
{
    ...
    page.locator("li.ui-screen-hidden >> nth=0").waitFor(
        new Locator.WaitForOptions()
            .setState(WaitForSelectorState.HIDDEN)
            .setTimeout(5000));
    ...
}

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Round 6: Alerts

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Round 6: Selenium

@BeforeAll
public static void openAlertsPage(){
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/alert");
}

@Test
public void testAcceptAlert(){
    driver.findElement(By.id("alert-button")).click();
    driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
}

@Test
public void testDismissAlert(){
    driver.findElement(By.id("confirm-button")).click();
    driver.switchTo().alert().dismiss();
}

@Test
public void testAnswerPrompt(){
    driver.findElement(By.id("prompt-button")).click();
    Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
    alert.sendKeys("nachos");
    alert.accept();
}

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Round 6: Playwright

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@BeforeAll
public static void openAlertsPage(){
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/alert");
}

@Test
public void testAcceptAlert(){
    page.onDialog(Dialog::accept);
    page.click("id=alert-button");
}

@Test
public void testDismissAlert(){
    page.onDialog(Dialog::dismiss);
    page.click("id=confirm-button");
}

@Test
public void testAnswerPrompt(){
    page.onDialog(dialog -> dialog.accept("nachos"));
    page.click("id=prompt-button");
}

Round 6: Selenium vs Playwright

@BeforeAll
public static void openAlertsPage(){
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/alert");
}

@Test
public void testAcceptAlert(){
    driver.findElement(By.id("alert-button")).click();
    driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
}

@Test
public void testDismissAlert(){
    driver.findElement(By.id("confirm-button")).click();
    driver.switchTo().alert().dismiss();
}

@Test
public void testAnswerPrompt(){
    driver.findElement(By.id("prompt-button")).click();
    Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
    alert.sendKeys("nachos");
    alert.accept();
}
@BeforeAll
public static void openAlertsPage(){
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/alert");
}

@Test
public void testAcceptAlert(){
    page.onDialog(Dialog::accept);
    page.click("id=alert-button");
}

@Test
public void testDismissAlert(){
    page.onDialog(Dialog::dismiss);
    page.click("id=confirm-button");
}

@Test
public void testAnswerPrompt(){
    page.onDialog(dialog -> dialog.accept("nachos"));
    page.click("id=prompt-button");
}

Round 7: Navigation

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Round 7: Playwright 

@Test
public void testNewTab()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/links");
    Page newTab = context.waitForPage(
        () -> page.click("id=button-the-kitchen-table"));
    assertThat(newTab.locator("id=fruits-vegetables")).isVisible();
}

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Round 7: Selenium

@Test
public void testNewTab()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/links");
    driver.findElement(By.id("button-the-kitchen-table")).click();
    driver.getWindowHandles().forEach(tab->driver.switchTo().window(tab));
    assertTrue(driver.findElement(By.id("fruits-vegetables")).isDisplayed());
}

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Round 7: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testNewTab()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/links");
    driver.findElement(By.id("button-the-kitchen-table")).click();
    driver.getWindowHandles().forEach(tab->driver.switchTo().window(tab));
    assertTrue(driver.findElement(By.id("fruits-vegetables")).isDisplayed());
}

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@Test
public void testNewTab()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/links");
    Page newTab = context.waitForPage(
        () -> page.click("id=button-the-kitchen-table"));
    assertThat(newTab.locator("id=fruits-vegetables")).isVisible();
}

Round 8: API Requests

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https://kitchen.applitools.com/api/recipes

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Round 8: Selenium

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Round 8: Playwright

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Currently, Playwright provides API testing

only for JavaScript and Python.

 

API testing support will come to Java in 1.18.

It will come to .NET thereafter.

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Round 8: Playwright  (Python)

def test_kitchen_api_recipes(context):
  
  response = context.request.get(
    'https://kitchen.applitools.com/api/recipes')

  body = response.json()
  
  assert response.ok
  assert body['time'] > 0
  assert len(body['data']) > 0
  
  # Include other assertions about body data as appropriate

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Round 8: Selenium vs Playwright

def test_kitchen_api_recipes(context):
  
  response = context.request.get(
    'https://kitchen.applitools.com/api/recipes')

  body = response.json()
  
  assert response.ok
  assert body['time'] > 0
  assert len(body['data']) > 0
  
  # Include other assertions about body data as appropriate

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Round 9: Screenshots

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Round 9: Playwright

@Test
public void testScreenshot()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/table");
    page.click("id=column-button-name");
    
    page.screenshot(
        new Page.ScreenshotOptions()
            .setPath(Paths.get("fullPage.png"))
            .setFullPage(true));
}

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Round 9: Selenium

@Test
public void testScreenshot()
{
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/table");
    driver.findElement(By.id("column-button-name")).click();
    
    var screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    
    try{
        Files.move(screenshot, new File("resources/screenshots/test.png"));
    }catch(IOException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

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Round 9: Selenium vs Playwright

@Test
public void testScreenshot(){
    driver.get("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/table");
    driver.findElement(By.id("column-button-name")).click();
    var screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    try{
        Files.move(screenshot, new File("resources/screenshots/test.png"));
    }catch(IOException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }    
}
@Test
public void testScreenshot()
{
    page.navigate("https://kitchen.applitools.com/ingredients/table");
    page.click("id=column-button-name");
    
    page.screenshot(
        new Page.ScreenshotOptions()
            .setPath(Paths.get("fullPage.png"))
            .setFullPage(true));
}

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Round 10: Videos

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Round 10: Selenium

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Selenium WebDriver does not support

video recording out of the box!

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Round 10: Playwright

@BeforeEach
public void startPage() {
    context = browser.newContext(
        new Browser.NewContextOptions()
            .setRecordVideoDir(Paths.get("videos/")));
            
    page = context.newPage();
}

@AfterEach
public void closePage() {
    context.close();
}

@Test
public void testLogin() {
    // This is the same code from Round 1
    ...
}

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Round 10: Selenium vs Playwright

@BeforeEach
public void startPage() {
    context = browser.newContext(
        new Browser.NewContextOptions()
            .setRecordVideoDir(Paths.get("videos/")));
            
    page = context.newPage();
}

@AfterEach
public void closePage() {
    context.close();
}

...

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Selenium or Playwright:

 

 

 

 

Who's the Winner?

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Selenium vs Playwright: Let the Code Speak

By Angie Jones

Selenium vs Playwright: Let the Code Speak

It's a battle of the code! Angie Jones represents Selenium WebDriver while Colby Fayock represents Cypress. Round for round, Angie and Colby take coding tasks and implement them in Selenium as well as Cypress, then analyze how each of the frameworks perform to solve real world testing challenges.

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