Playwright is an exciting new-ish web automation framework. It has a lot of cool features that make it easier to write web tests. And it's really hard to push all of them into an hour.

But let's try.

In this session I'm going to introduce you to Playwright, why you should try it, and what you can expect to get (including some dark-side bits).

We'll go over:

How Playwright works
Flavors of Playwright
Main features
Supporting tools
The dark-side bits

If you're new to web automation, or new to Playwright, this is an excellent stepping stone to understand how it can help you, and what to keep watch for. We'll also take a look at how to keep Playwright tests more maintainable and readable.