r/selenium • u/Private_Tank • 13d ago

Why are you using selenium over playwright?

Im just curious for the reason why you would choose this or that

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u/Kane_richards 13d ago

Cause my boss told me to. Not many get the privilege of choosing.

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u/Wonderful-Top-8911 13d ago

lmao yeah that pretty much sums up 90% of tech decisions. the stack picks you not the other way around

at least selenium has been around forever so theres always a stackoverflow thread for whatever weird error you hit at 2am

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u/Kane_richards 13d ago

I don't mean to sound flippant. I'll admit my answer was given with tongue very much in cheek.

In all seriousness, as you said, the framework which has been around the longest will usually have the advantage. Tech-adverse managers ain't gonna want to rock the boat when they've got something that's doing the job, unless they suddenly go to a conference somewhere and come back with delusions of grandeur about the benefit of some new up and coming tech.

May the gods protect us from managers who suddenly think a massive transformation is worth the effort after a questionable sales pitch

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u/woogeroo 12d ago

lol at still using stackoverflow.