Cypress, Playwright or Selenium: choosing the right testing tool
summary
Compares Selenium, Cypress and Playwright by running the same simple calculator end‑to‑end tests: Selenium uses WebDriver, supports many languages and browsers but is slower and needs explicit waits and manual error messages; Cypress runs only JavaScript on Chromium, provides automatic waiting, a GUI with step-by-step replay and built‑in screenshots, and custom commands; Playwright adds multi‑browser and multi‑language support, headless mode, mobile emulation and parallel runs, captures screenshots/videos on failure, and reports ~7,000+ downloads growth this year. Tests succeed and failures produce screenshots for debugging.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to testing journey
- 4:59Selenium overview and demo
- 18:15Cypress features and demo
- 33:08Playwright features and demo
- 42:52Comparing the three tools
- 46:24Q&A session
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