Why Raw Selenium Syntax is better than Cypress and Playwright? Part 3: Accurate, Intuitive, Consistent, and Geniously Designed
Head-on Comparison of the Factors that matters
After Part 1 and Part 2, some desperate JS testers might have been waiting for this article to see what I have to say about a direct comparison of Selenium vs (Cypress or Playwright) for the technical engineers level. Even after acknowledging the facts in Parts 1 and 2, some might think Cypress/Playwright wins Selenium in the aspect of technical engineers. Wrong! Raw WebDriver syntax is heaps better than Cypress/Playwright in this tier too.
Initially, I was only planning to write this single article on WebDriver syntax advantage over Cypress/Playwright. During writing, due to many lies spread by fake automated testers and vendors, I thought it better to clear those first. So, there were Part 1 and Part 2.
Now, let’s get to the business. Reminder, we are talking about the technical aspects of automation scripts, excluding the views of non-tech team members. Below are the factors I will be using to compare,
- Easy to learn (to train new testers)
- How easy to remember core test syntax
- Consistency
