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Running on Chromium, Firefox and WebKit

Playwright makes cross-browser testing almost free. Knowing when it is worth the runtime is the actual skill.

What you'll learn

  • How projects make cross-browser testing nearly free
  • Why WebKit is the engine most often skipped
  • When the extra runtime is worth paying

Playwright ships with three browser engines, and running your suite on all of them is a few lines of config. That makes the mechanics easy and moves the real question elsewhere: should you?

The mechanics first.

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The Foundations track and the first 5 lectures of each framework are free. This lecture is part of the paid course, which unlocks every lecture, all three frameworks, and downloads.

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