An introduction to Playwright and where it belongs in the testing stack. Covers the testing pyramid, what e2e tests are actually good for, and what they should not be used for.

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An introduction to Playwright and where it belongs in the testing stack. Covers the testing pyramid, what e2e tests are actually good for, and what they should not be used for.

A deep dive into how Playwright works internally: the Browser/Context/Page hierarchy, the locator engine, actions, web-first assertions, and how to configure the test runner.

How to use Playwright inside a Nuxt project, covering both the standalone approach and the @nuxt/test-utils integration with Vitest. Includes setup, configuration, and Supabase prerequisites.
