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Track Talk M2

WebDriver BiDi – The Future of Cross-Browser Automation

Jecelyn Yeen

14.30-15.15 CEST Monday 17th October

If you have ever worked with browser automation, you know how overwhelming it can be. Why is browser automation hard? How can the browser vendors improve the fundamentals of browser automation?

In this talk, Jecelyn will walk you through the current state of cross-browser automation, unfold how browser automation works behind the scenes, and share about the motivation of WebDriver BiDi – the upcoming browser automation protocol.

Here are the takeaways of this talk:

  • Understanding how browser automation works behind the scenes
  • The pros and cons of the different ways of browser automation
  • Get to know the WebDriver BiDi project and its current progress
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Session Speaker

Jecelyn Yeen

DevRel Engineer, Chrome, Google

Jecelyn Yeen is a DevRel Engineer at Google working on Chrome DevTools. Her work focuses on the developer tooling ecosystem. She helps identify and prioritize changes to the platform and works with the engineering team to help build next-generation of tools that developers will use everyday. Prior to joining Google, she worked 10+ years as a software architect, engineering manager, software engineer in various companies from startups, SME to MNC. Ironically her favourite pastime away from work involves traveling to remote islands without WiFi for deep sea diving expeditions and reading books with tangible covers.