Selenium to Playwright Migration with AI & Claude Code

Selenium to Playwright migration with AI: a full walkthrough, from planning the move to converting real Selenium tests with Claude Code and verifying them with Kane CLI. 📢 Kane CLI by TestMu AI is an AI-powered command-line tool that runs browser and native mobile app tests in plain English. What you'll learn: ✅ Selenium vs Playwright: waits, locators, browser contexts, Trace Viewer ✅ A 5-phase migration plan: inventory → pilot → convert → validate → retire ✅ A Selenium-to-Playwright API map for Python ✅ A conversion prompt that works, and where AI coding agents fall short ✅ Converting Selenium tests to Kane CLI Test.md files, verifying them in real Chrome and exporting Playwright Python ✅ A real failed step and how to debug it without weakening your assertions 🔗 Try TestMu AI free: https://www.testmuai.com 📘 Kane CLI docs: https://www.testmuai.com/docs/kane-cli-introduction 💻 Install: npm install -g @testmuai/kane-cli ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Selenium to Playwright Migration with AI 00:32 What we'll cover 02:28 Why migrate: where Selenium suites hurt 06:07 Selenium vs Playwright comparison 08:23 Waits: explicit waits vs auto-waiting 09:29 Locators: XPath vs get_by_role 10:44 What Playwright gives you out of the box 13:11 Phased Selenium to Playwright migration plan 15:07 Decisions to make before migrating 17:12 Selenium to Playwright API map (Python) 18:25 Converting tests with AI coding agents 20:21 A Selenium to Playwright conversion prompt 21:33 Where AI coding agents fall short 24:25 Kane CLI by TestMu AI 27:01 Selenium to Playwright in 3 steps with Kane CLI 28:43 Test.md: tests as plain-English Markdown 31:35 Kane CLI modes: TUI, headless, agent 35:51 Getting started with Kane CLI in the terminal 37:08 Coding agent alone vs Kane CLI 39:08 Validating the migration and scaling on cloud 41:15 Demo: running Selenium tests with Claude Code 46:16 Demo: converting Selenium tests to Test.md 48:20 Demo: verifying with Kane CLI in real Chrome 52:09 Demo: debugging a failed step 56:34 Demo: exported Playwright Python code 58:59 Key takeaways #Playwright #Selenium #TestAutomation #ClaudeCode #TestMuAI