Introduction

Welcome to the Playwright path. Before you write a single line of test code, you need to understand WHY Playwright exists and what problems it solves. Think of it this way -- every automation tool was born out of frustration with the previous one. Selenium was great until it was not. Cypress fixed some Selenium headaches but introduced new ones. Playwright learned from both and shipped something cleaner.

What You Will Learn

• Why the testing world moved from Selenium to newer tools
• How Playwright compares to Selenium and Cypress on real criteria
• The killer features that make Playwright productive: auto-wait, codegen, trace viewer
• When Playwright is the RIGHT tool -- and when it is not
• How Playwright communicates with browsers under the hood
• Real-world scenarios where Playwright shines