Debbie O'Brien articles - 81 total
Setting Up the Official GitHub MCP Server: A simple Guide
The GitHub MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server is a powerful tool that provides seamless integration...
Catch Missing `await` Calls in Playwright Tests with ESLint
Have you ever run a Playwright test that just... didn’t behave as expected? Maybe it failed randomly....
Handling Visibility in Playwright: getByText vs. getByRole
When automating web testing with Playwright, handling visibility properly is crucial, especially when...
Playwright Release 1.51: Smarter Debugging, Enhanced Reports & More!
Playwright 1.51 is here, bringing a host of new features to make debugging, reporting, and test...
How to Reproduce CI Failures Locally in Playwright
Have you ever run a Playwright test locally, watched it pass with flying colors, and then pushed your...
Playwright Assertions: Avoid Race Conditions with This Simple Fix!
Writing reliable and stable tests is crucial for ensuring a smooth CI/CD pipeline. However, one...
Organizing Playwright Tests Effectively
Organizing Playwright Tests Effectively When working with end-to-end (E2E) testing in...
Testing Staging and Production environments in Playwright
When testing a website, you may need to test it across different environments, such as development,...
Playwright VS Code Extension, projects and global setup
With the latest release of the VS Code Extension, you can now easily select which projects to run...
Tagging your Playwright Tests
Tags are used to filter tests in the HTML report, UI Mode, or VSCode extension. It's also possible to...
Running Playwright Tests on CI with GitHub Actions
Running tests locally is great but really you want your tests running on Continuous Integration so...
Debugging Playwright Tests in VS Code
Sometimes we fail our tests so we can see that when it passes it really is passing but there are...
Writing Playwright Tests in VS Code
Hey everyone, In this post we will learn how to locate elements on the page using tools such as pick...
Running Playwright Tests in VS Code
Hey everyone, In this post we will take a look at how to run our tests in headless mode with no...
Introduction to Playwright
Hi everyone, in this series, I’m going to tell you about Playwright, an open source end to end...
Getting Started with Playwright in VS Code
Let's take a look at how to install Playwright using the VS Code extension as well as walk through...
Box Test Steps in Playwright
We have a scenario where we are running a variety of tests to test that a user can add products to...
Getting started with Python and Playwright
This is a quick guide on how to setup Python and Pytest and install Playwright and get your first...
API Mocking for your Playwright tests
When working with third party API's it is better to mock the API call rather than hit the API...
What's new in Playwright 1.33 and 1.34
Hello everyone! Today, we have a special edition for you as we delve into the exciting updates we've...
Playwright's UI Mode - watch mode and time travel debugging
Are you looking for a more efficient way to execute and debug your end to end tests? Look no further...
A better global setup in Playwright reusing login with project dependencies
Global setup is being used by many teams and companies to login to an application and then use this...
Setup a local dev server for your Playwright tests
Playwright comes with a webserver option in the config file which gives you the ability to launch a...
2022 Recap - Achieving your dreams
2022 the first year of proposed normality and back to in person conferences and traveling,...
How To Locate Elements in Playwright
In order to write end to end tests we need to first find elements on the webpage and then perform...
Migrating from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3
My personal website was built many years ago and had collected quite a large amount of code as I used...
Playwright now has new getBy* APIs
To be able to test elements you need to be able to select elements on the page. With Playwright there...
Why Microsoft and How I achieved my Goal
I started building websites in 1997 I started building websites in 1997 before I even had...
Fixing Diversity in Tech
As I fly home after an amazing conference at BeJs in Belgium, I look back on the the conversations...
The JavaScript Array.filter() method
Sometimes we have an array but we want to return only a select few items from the array. For example,...