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Playwright mentions (231)

• Typed E2E test IDs

  We start with a project that was bootstrapped with npx create-next-app. For the E2E test we use Playwright and set it up as described in the testing guide provided by Next.js. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Playwright Scraping infinite loading & pagination

  Playwright is a powerful tool developed by Microsoft, it allows developers to write reliable end-to-end tests and perform browser automation tasks with ease. What sets Playwright apart is its ability to work seamlessly across multiple browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit), it provides a consistent and efficient way to interact with web pages, extract data, and automate repetitive tasks. Moreover, it supports... - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Sometimes things simply don't work

  The consensus I could gather is either use playwright or use a workaround to solve it in the puppeteer layer. The root cause of the bug is a websocket size limitation on the CDP protocol for chromium. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• The best testing strategies for frontends

  With the advent of tools like Puppeteer and now Playwright, end-to-end testing has become much easier and more reliable. For anyone who's used Selenium in the past, you know what I'm talking about. Puppeteer has opened the way in terms of E2E tooling, but Playwright has taken it to the next level and made it easier to await for certain selectors or conditions to be fulfilled (via locators), thus making tests... - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Playwright Web Scraping 2024 - Tutorial

  In this tutorial, our main focus will be on Playwright web scraping. So what is Playwright? It’s a handy framework created by Microsoft. It's known for making web interactions more streamlined and works reliably with all the latest browsers like WebKit, Chromium, and Firefox. You can also run tests in headless or headed mode and emulate native mobile environments like Google Chrome for Android and Mobile Safari. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

puppeteer mentions (104)

• The Puppeteer Language Experiment

  This project tests how the browser language can be changed with Puppeteer. It implements multiple options to set the language of Chrome and checks each option against BrowserLeaks to see how it affected the JavaScript proeprties and HTTP headers available by the browser. For more information, see my article The Puppeteer Language Experiment on DEV.to. - Source: dev.to / 17 days ago

• Scrapy Vs. Crawlee

  In Crawlee, you can scrape JavaScript rendered websites using the built-in headless Puppeteer and Playwright browsers. It is important to note that, by default, Crawlee scrapes in headless mode. If you don't want headless, then just set headless: false. - Source: dev.to / 18 days ago

• Sometimes things simply don't work

  I am not in any way associated with the developers at puppeteer, but if you are looking for a way to contribute, they are open source. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• JS Toolbox 2024: Bundlers and Test Frameworks

  Puppeteer is a Node library that provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium. It's primarily used for browser automation, making it a powerful tool for end-to-end testing of web applications, taking screenshots, and generating pre-rendered content from web pages. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• What is Playwright?

  While similar to Puppeteer, Cypress, and Selenium, there are some differences. Let’s find out what they are. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago