Migrate from Selenium to Playwright

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Can someone please point me to any step by step guide on how to migrate from selenium java to playwright java?

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Hi @kelvin1 - this might sound a good point for an idea that @christianbaumann is having at the moment. He wants to create a tutorial (full day) on “Building a modular GUI Testing Framework in Java” (see his posting on LinkedIn) => 🔗 Christian Baumann on LinkedIn: Dear software testers, I want to create a tutorial (full day) on…

Stay tuned on this topic then :wink:

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Hi @alexschnapper, thanks for the shoutout.
Not sure this tutorial will ever come alive, and not sure if it’ll go deep enough to solve (all of) @kelvin1’s issues.

Nevertheless, I’ve heard many good things about ChatGPT when it comes to migrating automated tests from one framework (or language) to another, so you might wanna give that a try.

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Hi there!
Looks like, for now, there is no guide for the task like this, but logically, I guess, it should be done with small parts, like:

  • Setting up the playwright
  • Adapting basic common and utility code
  • Adapting first minimal scenario
    After that, step by step, start migration for the next test. A rule of thumb is to develop new tests for Playwright, and migrate tests while fixing old ones. All other tests could leave in parallel with selenium.
    Of course, I don’t know all the context. I’ve done a pet project with tests on Selenide and Playwright in parallel. It was for my learning purpose, but maybe it will be helpful for you.
    GitHub - alexshamrai/testomat_autotests
    Don’t hesitate to ask the details, if it could help you
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Hi, thanks a lot for suggestions. I will take them into consideration. One question, do I have to do the migration in the same project in intelij by setting up playwright, create a new branch and do the migration in that new branch? or I need to clone the same project in a new intelij workspace and do the migration there by adapting the common and utility codes first before adapting the tests.

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Hi thanks for the ref…

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It can be done in the same project (if you don’t have a specific reason to separate them)