The Illustrated Playwright

Playwright is created by Microsoft and contributors. This book is an independent analysis of the source code at tag v1.64.1, not official documentation.

An animated reference to how Playwright works inside.

Draft edition · Playwright 1.64.1

Parts

• 0. Anatomy of a test
• 1. Messages, objects and browsers
• 2. Between locator and click
• 3. Request, route and HAR
• 4. How the runner runs tests
• 5. Expectations and results
• 6. Seeing and recording a run