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Matija Marohnić
September 28, 2022
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Cypress vs. Playwright
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Transcript
Matija Marohnić Cypress vs. Playwright End-to-end testing showdown https://silvenon.com/blog/e2e-testing-with-cypress-vs-playwright
My experience with Cypress
Background • prior experience with tools like WebdriverIO • used
Cypress for a long time • friendlier API • approachable • but eventually mostly for critical functionality
Speed • 5 tests = 45s (locally) • compared to
my other optimizations it became uncomfortable • started writing less tests 💔
GUI 🤷
GUI
API • familiarity = jQuery 😔 • won’t look familiar
to any new developers
API • should = expect
API • wrap objects to make assertions • another round
of jQuery for everyone! 🍻
API • synchronous…? • commands are queued to be run
later
Meet Playwright 🎭
Background • new testing framework by Microsoft • haven’t used
it in any serious projects yet • only side projects
Supports WebKit • unlike Cypress, Playwright supports Safari • Safari’s
support table can be uncomfortable, so it’s really useful
Headless by default • seemed odd at fi rst •
turned out to be a great feature • less clutter, no dashboards or browsers • run headed only when you need to debug
Speed • 13 tests = 3s ⚡ • more than
2x as many tests = 15x faster • speed is no longer an issue • started testing every square inch of my blog
API • asynchronous, almost everything needs to be awaited
API • at fi rst repetitive and error-prone, mistakes aren’t
always obvious • but gives full control over execution order, more transparent
API • uses Jest’s expect library for assertions, so looks
more like a unit test • doesn’t need a Testing Library plugin, locators are powerful
VS Code extension 🤯 • killer feature • makes Playwright
really e ffi cient to use! • run a test just by clicking on it, and much more • a more balanced approach to GUI — stay in your text editor • 👨💻
…and so much more!
• I’m always excited to learn more about Playwright •
it makes me want to write more tests 🥳