Firefox and the push for simpler cross browser testing
summary
Firefox implements parts of Chrome DevTools Protocol so Puppeteer can automate it today (launch with product=firefox), downloading a nightly and running headless if desired; current Puppeteer unit tests against Firefox show a 62% pass rate. Priority work targets network interception and richer bidirectional events, with logging via Puppeteer DEBUG plus extra Firefox flags to triage client vs server issues. Long term work migrates to the new webdriver bidi standard while keeping classic WebDriver support.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:50Browser automation
- 12:37Mozilla
- 12:57WebDriver
- 13:59API support
- 15:47Language agnostic
- 16:59Playwright
- 19:22Safari
- 21:22IE11 support
- 22:02Wrap up
- 23:14Biggest takeaway
- 23:54Headless
- 24:24Thank you
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