Compare playwright vs nightwatch for 2024

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Research playwright vs nightwatch for 2024. Pick framework for e2e based on community support, popularity, ease of use, adaptability with docker and cohesion with typescript.

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Various comparisons of nightwatch vs playwright:

1. https://nodejs.libhunt.com/compare-playwright-vs-nightwatch
2. https://stackshare.io/stackups/nightwatchjs-vs-playwright#:~:text=Test%20Execution%20Speed%3A%20Playwright%20is,Nightwatch.
3. https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/comparison-with-leading-frameworks.html

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NPM pages of nightwatch and playwright - playwright seems to be a lot more popular:

1. https://www.npmjs.com/package/nightwatch
2. https://www.npmjs.com/package/playwright

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Official playwright docs on docker: https://playwright.dev/docs/docker

Official playwright docs on circleci: https://playwright.dev/docs/ci#circleci

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Tutorials to get started with playwright and docker:

1. https://shiv-jirwankar.medium.com/playwright-tests-on-docker-9b9e25dccf35
2. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-run-end-to-end-tests-using-playwright-and-docker

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Playwright page object models 😍 : https://playwright.dev/docs/pom

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Verdict: Go with playwright, due to simplicity and adaptability with Docker, Typescript and other programming languages (python / java).

Build a prototype with playwright as part of: #43

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Generate code from the browser with VS code or playwright inspector: https://playwright.dev/docs/codegen

Simulate different device sizes: https://playwright.dev/docs/codegen#emulation