Microsoft Playwright Testing with Debbie O'Brien
What's the latest with Playwright? Carl and Richard talk to Debbie O'Brien about her ongoing work with Playwright, Microsoft's open-source testing framework for web applications. While it is focused on web applications, you can write your tests in various languages, including .NET! Debbie talks about the new Playwright Testing service, which operates in Azure, so you don't have to stand up with your testing infrastructure - pay for what you use. The conversation ranges over the various features and challenges in testing that Playwright addresses. Now get out there and write some tests - your applications will be better for it!
Guests:
Debbie O’Brien
Debbie O’Brien is Principal Program Manager at Microsoft. Debbie has over 15 years experience in Frontend development. She has worked as a Tech Lead and consultant for many important clients with varios technologies and often with a strong focus on performance, static sites and testing. She has lead teams both in house and remotely as well as giving workshops and training. She has many years of experience as a mentor for online learning platforms, Treehouse and OpenClassrooms. Debbie is a Google Developer Expert in web technologies, Cloudinary Media Developer Expert and Nuxt Ambassador as well as a GitHub Star alumni and a previous Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies. Debbie has a special love for JavaScript frameworks, especially Vue.js, Nuxt.js, and React as well as testing where she now focuses her time on Playwright end-to-end testing. She holds a Frontend and FullStack Tech Degree and is Microsoft certified. Debbie is an international speaker, who has spoken at many meet-ups and conferences worldwide on many continents including Antarctica. She is an open-source contributor and a teacher at Vue School and Jamstack Explorers and is also a writer for Ultimate Courses. Debbie is Irish but lives and works in Mallorca, Spain and when she is not writing code and studying new technologies she can often be found doing all sorts of sports from running, cycling, padel, body combat, skiing, and Taekwondo where she is a 4th degree black belt.
Links:
- Global Game Jam 2025 https://globalgamejam.org/
- Blazor Train 89 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlRxwIOq4jQ
- Playwright https://playwright.dev/
- bUnit https://bunit.dev/
- Playwright Testing in Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/products/playwright-testing
- Secure Future Initiative https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-cloud/resources/secure-future-initiative
- MSTest Framework https://github.com/microsoft/testfx
- Snapshot Testing in Playwright https://playwright.dev/docs/test-snapshots
- Verify https://github.com/VerifyTests/Verify
- tailwindcss https://tailwindcss.com/