Choosing between Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript depends on your familiarity with the language, project requirements, and the benefits you're looking for. Let's look at high level each one of them.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬: -> 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: If you're already comfortable with JavaScript -> 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩: JavaScript doesn't require additional configuration or compilation steps, which can speed up getting started. -> 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: JavaScript is one of the most widely used languages in web development, and it's often the default choice for many testing frameworks and libraries. There's a large number of tutorials and resources available for JavaScript.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬: -> 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠: JavaScript doesn't have built-in type safety. -> 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Tools like IDEs (Visual Studio Code, for example) provide better support for TypeScript (due to its type system), which translates to better auto-completion and in-editor documentation for JavaScript developers as well. Without static types, you might encounter more bugs and find debugging more difficult.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬: -> 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠: TypeScript offers static typing, which means you can catch potential errors at compile time rather than runtime. -> 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: TypeScript provides better autocompletion -> 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: With TypeScript, refactoring becomes safer and easier. -> 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: TypeScript helps in maintaining large test suites over time. As projects grow, managing JavaScript code can become cumbersome.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬: -> 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞: If you're not familiar with TypeScript, there might be a learning curve. -> 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: TypeScript requires additional setup (e.g., configuring tsconfig.json, setting up compilation, etc.), -> 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩: You'll need to either compile TypeScript to JavaScript manually or set up a watcher (like ts-node or Webpack) for real-time compilation.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: If you're working on a small or quick project and just want to get things done, 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 might be the better choice. But if you're aiming for a scalable, maintainable, and more robust solution, 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 is the way to go.
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Choosing between Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript depends on your familiarity with the language, project requirements, and the benefits you're looking for. Let's look at high level each one of them.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭:
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:
-> 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: If you're already comfortable with JavaScript
-> 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩: JavaScript doesn't require additional configuration or compilation steps, which can speed up getting started.
-> 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: JavaScript is one of the most widely used languages in web development, and it's often the default choice for many testing frameworks and libraries. There's a large number of tutorials and resources available for JavaScript.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬:
-> 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠: JavaScript doesn't have built-in type safety.
-> 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Tools like IDEs (Visual Studio Code, for example) provide better support for TypeScript (due to its type system), which translates to better auto-completion and in-editor documentation for JavaScript developers as well. Without static types, you might encounter more bugs and find debugging more difficult.
Playwright JavaScript Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU...
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:
-> 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠: TypeScript offers static typing, which means you can catch potential errors at compile time rather than runtime.
-> 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: TypeScript provides better autocompletion
-> 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: With TypeScript, refactoring becomes safer and easier.
-> 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: TypeScript helps in maintaining large test suites over time. As projects grow, managing JavaScript code can become cumbersome.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬:
-> 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞: If you're not familiar with TypeScript, there might be a learning curve.
-> 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: TypeScript requires additional setup (e.g., configuring tsconfig.json, setting up compilation, etc.),
-> 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩: You'll need to either compile TypeScript to JavaScript manually or set up a watcher (like ts-node or Webpack) for real-time compilation.
Playwright TypeScript Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU...
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
If you're working on a small or quick project and just want to get things done, 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 might be the better choice.
But if you're aiming for a scalable, maintainable, and more robust solution, 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 is the way to go.
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