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Selenium and Playwrite

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``````````Playwrite vs.

Selenium
with Java and TestNG
This presentation compares two popular web automation frameworks:
Playwright and Selenium. We'll explore their features, strengths,
weaknesses, and how to use them effectively with Java and TestNG.

MP by Mohit Patel
Introduction to Selenium and Playwrite
Selenium Playwrite

Selenium is a widely adopted web automation framework, Playwright is a newer framework built by Microsoft, known
a pioneer in the field, offering robust tools for browser for its streamlined API, cross-browser compatibility, and
interactions and testing. It's versatile and well-supported efficient handling of modern web features. It's gaining
but can face challenges with modern web technologies. popularity for its speed and ease of use.
Key Features and Capabilities
of Selenium

1 Cross-Browser 2 Open-Source and


Support Community-Driven
Selenium supports major Selenium is an open-
browsers like Chrome, source project with a large
Firefox, and Safari, and active community,
allowing you to test your providing extensive
applications across documentation, support,
different platforms. and resources.

3 Versatile Automation 4 Integration with


Capabilities TestNG
Selenium enables various Selenium integrates
automation tasks, from smoothly with TestNG, a
web element interactions popular testing framework
to complex scenarios for Java, enabling robust
involving user actions, data test management,
entry, and verification. reporting, and execution.
Key Features and Capabilities
of Playwrite

1 Modern Web Support 2 Simplified API and


User-Friendly Syntax
Playwrite excels in
handling modern web Playwrite offers a
features like web streamlined and intuitive
components, service API that makes writing
workers, and secure automation scripts easier
contexts, which can be and more readable than
challenging for Selenium. Selenium.

3 Automatic Waits and 4 Built-in Code


Timeout Management Generation Tools
Playwrite simplifies Playwrite provides tools to
synchronization issues by generate code snippets for
automatically waiting for common automation tasks,
elements to load and making it easier to get
handling timeouts, started and write scripts
reducing the need for quickly.
manual waits.
Comparison of Selenium and Playwrite
Browser Compatibility API Complexity Modern Web Support

Selenium: Excellent support for Selenium: Can be more complex, Selenium: Can face challenges with
major browsers, including older requiring more code for basic tasks. modern web technologies. Playwrite:
versions. Playwrite: Excellent support Playwrite: Streamlined and intuitive Handles modern web features like
for all major browsers, with a focus API, making it easier to write and web components and service
on modern web features. maintain scripts. workers seamlessly.
Advantages and
Disadvantages of Each
Framework
Selenium Playwrite
Advantages: Extensive Advantages: User-friendly API,
community, wide browser excellent modern web
support, mature framework support, automatic wait
with proven reliability. handling, code generation
Disadvantages: Complex API, tools. Disadvantages: Newer
less support for modern web framework, smaller
features, potential community compared to
synchronization issues. Selenium.
Using TestNG with Selenium
and Playwrite

Test Suite Management Data-Driven Testing


TestNG provides powerful Use TestNG's data providers to
features for organizing, running, run tests with different datasets,
and reporting test cases, making ensuring comprehensive
your automation process more coverage of your application's
organized and efficient. functionality.

Parameterization and Test Detailed Reports and


Customization Analysis
TestNG allows you to TestNG generates comprehensive
parameterize your tests, making reports, including test execution
them more flexible and reusable results, timings, and failures,
for different scenarios. providing valuable insights into
your test automation process.
Best Practices and Recommendations

Use Page Object Model (POM): This architectural


1
pattern promotes code reusability,
maintainability, and reduces redundancy in your
test scripts. Implement explicit waits: Even with Playwrite's
2
automatic wait handling, consider using explicit
waits to handle specific situations where
Thorough test case design: Develop dynamic content loading is involved.
3
comprehensive test cases covering various
scenarios, including positive, negative, boundary,
and edge cases. Regularly review and update your test suite: As
4
your application evolves, update your test cases
to ensure continued coverage and maintain test
Leverage the power of TestNG: Utilize TestNG's suite reliability.
5
features to manage test execution, data-driven
testing, parameterization, and detailed reporting.
Conclusion and Summary
Both Selenium and Playwrite have their strengths, and choosing the
right framework depends on your project requirements and
preferences. Selenium is a robust and established framework, while
Playwrite offers a modern and efficient approach. TestNG empowers
both frameworks with powerful testing features. Consider your project
needs and weigh the pros and cons of each framework before making
your decision.

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