Playwright Fundamentals

Summary

A newer browser automation library with built-in auto-waiting, faster execution, and multi-browser support out of the box — increasingly preferred at modern tech companies over Selenium.

• 1Set up Playwright and write a script automating a basic web interaction.
• 2Compare Playwright's built-in auto-waiting to Selenium's manual wait configuration.
• 3Learn why Playwright's architecture tends to produce less flaky tests than Selenium by default.