In this episode, I was joined by Debbie O’Brien to chat about Playwright - Microsoft’s open-source end-to-end testing framework. I’m a huge fan of Playwright, so I was really excited to have this chat with Debbie. We covered a lot of ground, including features such as Codegen, Trace Viewer, and UI Mode. We also spoke a lot about AI - including the exciting Playwright MCP Server which enables AI agents to automate browser interactions!

Debbie has been an integral part of Playwright as a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and has led the Playwright community, shaping much of what Playwright has become today - driving a lot of the features mentioned above. She’s also a Google Developer Expert in web technologies, Nuxt Ambassador, and is a former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies, Media Developer Expert and GitHub star alumni.

Debbie’s social links

• Website
• GitHub
• Twitter/X
• LinkedIn
• YouTube

Links from the show

• Playwright
• Playwright - GitHub
• Playwright MCP Server
• Playwright VS Code Extension
• Playwright Codegen
• Playwright Trace Viewer
• Playwright UI Mode
• Playwright community (Discord, LinkedIn, etc)
• ElevenLabs

Dev Pick Links

• Goose

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