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Migration and Comparison
15.1OverviewMost teams do not start from zero — they have existing Selenium or Cypress suites that they need to evaluate, maintain, or migrate…15.2Framework Comparison- Playwright is on 1.61 and ships first-party AI tooling: Test Agents (planner / generator / healer) and a token-efficient CLI for coding…15.3When to Choose What- Starting a new project with no existing test suite - Team uses TypeScript, Python, Java, or C# - Need cross-browser testing (including…15.4Migrating from Selenium to PlaywrightApproach A: Gradual (Recommended) 1. New tests written in Playwright from day one 2. Run both suites in CI in parallel 3. Migrate existing…15.5Migrating from Cypress to Playwright- Cypress commands are automatically chained and retried; Playwright uses async/await explicitly - Cypress runs inside the browser…15.6Key Takeaways- Playwright offers the best combination of speed, reliability, and features for new projects - Selenium remains valid for teams with large…