Show HN: BDR – A Type-Safe, Cucumber-Free BDD Template for Playwright

Category: devtools

Tags: bdd, playwright, test-automation

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

BDR is a TypeScript BDD template for Playwright that replaces Gherkin syntax with code-native decorators, focusing on type safety and living documentation. It offers a structured 4-layer architecture with reusable business flows, deterministic data seeding, and integrated reporting. The project is interesting for its pragmatic, no-magic approach to scaling test automation in enterprise settings.

Target audience: qa-engineers, sdet, backend-devs

Repository: https://github.com/dmitryAQA/playwright-bdr-template · TypeScript · MIT · 3 stars

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