Selenium to Playwright: Complete Migration Guide

Migrating from Selenium to Playwright doesn't have to be painful. This guide walks you through the entire process.

Why Migrate?

Playwright offers several advantages over Selenium:

Step 1: Audit Your Current Suite

Before migrating, understand what you have:

Count total tests
find . -name "*test*.java" | wc -l
Identify flaky tests
grep -r "Thread.sleep" .

Step 2: Set Up Playwright

npm init playwright@latest

Step 3: Convert Page Objects

WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.id("submit"));
button.click();

await page.locator('#submit').click();

Step 4: Handle Waits

Playwright's auto-waiting eliminates 90% of `Thread.sleep()` calls.

Step 5: Run in Parallel

// playwright.config.ts
export default {
  workers: 4, // Run 4 tests in parallel
};

Results

Our clients typically see:

Need Help?

[Get a free migration audit](/audit) to see how we can help your team.