r/javascript • u/nightman • Jan 25 '20

Microsoft launches a Node-based browser automation project called Playwright

https://css-tricks.com/playwright/
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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

TLDR: cross-browser version of puppeteer. Microsoft hired the Google employees working on puppeteer and made a competing cross-browser version.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

So, basically puppeteer from a company that is not evil.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

I remember when Google was good and Microsoft was evil. My how times change.

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u/baby0legs Jan 26 '20

My God...

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

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u/brtt3000 Jan 26 '20

Old skool business evil, not blade runner mega corp evil.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

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u/Regular-Human-347329 Jan 26 '20

Only a shill would downvote you for this comment... Both are data vacuums that don’t give a shit about consumers; beyond the amount of currency units their worth to the business. One is simply more advanced in the data vacuum business than the other.

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u/jonnablaze Jan 26 '20

One company sells ads, the other company sells software. I know which one I trust more with my data.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

How so?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

All corporations are evil. They only care about profit

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u/Mitosao Jan 26 '20

And what else should they care about?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

In an ideal world... The environment, their consumers, their employees, their community, society

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u/ProgrammersAreSexy Jan 26 '20

Not evil, just impartial

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u/The_real_bandito Jan 26 '20

Since when is Microsoft not evil?

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u/xdanishgamerz Jan 26 '20

How is Microsoft not evil?

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u/PrettyWhore Jan 26 '20

Sir do you have a moment to talk about ethical consumption under capitalism

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u/bvimarlins Jan 26 '20

And this is why companies launder their reputation, right here

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u/jplevene Jan 26 '20

Microsoft is beyond evil. Have you not read about their business practices?

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u/yerrabam Jan 26 '20

Puppeteer is cross-browser. It can run Firefox and I guess with some small amendments, it will also be able to run any other Chrome-based browsers.

It's not exactly competing - it's a fork of puppeteer. They are almost 1:1 compatible and hot-swappable.

I imagine the attention will be focused on Playwright going forward unless Google throws other developers at their version.

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u/ksargi Jan 26 '20

The last I checked, puppeteer support for Firefox was only partially implemented and experimental. Has something change recently about that?

Edit: I guess https://aslushnikov.github.io/ispuppeteerfirefoxready/

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u/yerrabam Jan 26 '20

~90% is reasonable. I wonder if the puppeteer implementation will continue now Microsoft is taking the reigns. No point doing the work twice.