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Re:Web Automation: Don't Use Selenium, Use Playwright by mherrmann on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:41AM (#33544237)
Until the web site changes and you have to re-record.
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Re:Web Automation: Don't Use Selenium, Use Playwright by CharlieDigital on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:57AM (#33544379)
Playwright's selectors are very resilient.

Yes, your copy might change, but that is also a change in spec (whereas a change in DOM is not always a change in spec).

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Re:Web Automation: Don't Use Selenium, Use Playwright by eastendguy on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:46AM (#33560145)
Yes! Recording xpath works fine in many cases, but once something on the website changes you are left with this auto-generated Xpath that you do not know how to change. Maintaining such a test is a nightmare and a waste of brain-cycles.
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