When Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel in 1991, the new, open source operating system was not for the faint of heart. Unless you enjoyed writing custom device drivers, porting applications between platforms and compiling lots and lots of code, you were not poised to become a Linux user in 1991. Even skilled IT professionals…
Once upon a time, QA engineers seeking to advance their careers had a particularly central goal to focus on: Becoming better at writing and executing tests. The faster you could write tests, and the more test automation frameworks or languages you knew, the more employable you tended to be. It was easy to think of…
AI is great at speeding up the process of developing code. LLMs can churn out code dramatically faster than humans. The problem facing organizations that want to build and deploy software faster, though, is that coding is just one step in the broader process of software delivery. Also critical is validating software to make sure…
Anyone can use Playwright to write and execute tests in the same sense that anyone can use a hammer and nails to build a house. But whether they should embark on these endeavors is a different matter. Unless you have coding expertise, you probably won’t get very far in working with Playwright, at least not…
Can you test SAP apps using Playwright? At first glance, the answer may seem simple enough: You can, but only if they’re Web-based. The longer answer, however, is more complicated. That’s partly because, while Playwright is an amazing and highly-capable framework, there are scenarios where Playwright by itself isn’t the best choice for testing SAP…
Imagine a car that can drive ten times faster than any other vehicle. That’d be amazing, right? But there’s a catch: when stopped at an intersection, the car has to wait ten times longer for the light to change. Would you drive that car? This is a similar predicament as the one software development and testing…
Playwright is outstanding at running tests. That is a major reason why so many development teams have adopted it. You write a test, commit it to Git, run it locally or through CI, and get useful feedback quickly. For an individual developer or a small team, the model works remarkably well. But internal adoption rarely…
When Microsoft shipped Playwright Agents in October 2025, it raised the bar for what modern test automation could look like. Playwright’s three AI agents (Planner, Generator, and Healer) work together to automate test creation, maintenance, and repair, delivering real speed and reducing manual effort across the entire testing lifecycle. For enterprise teams looking to maximize…
Test automation is supposed to catch problems. But what happens when your tests break? Traditionally, a broken test means a failed build, an alert, and someone manually investigating what went wrong. That friction is real, but it forces visibility. Newer tools promise to remove that friction entirely. The self-healing in Playwright‘s test agents does exactly that: when a locator breaks, the system fixes it automatically….
Getting started with Playwright is exciting, between its broad browser support, robust automation features, and reliability. But sustaining that excitement over the long term requires effort. Playwright can quickly lose its luster once teams run up against challenges like the need to schedule tests, manage approvals and maintain audit trails – tasks that are critical…
