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Building Playwright for the Terminal: How a TUI Editor Got Scripted Testing

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

The developer of TTT, a Go-based terminal IDE, created a Lua-based testing harness after existing tools couldn't handle mouse interactions. The system allows AI agents or humans to script editor actions like clicking, typing, and verifying UI state. This turns the editor into a testable platform, similar to how Playwright automates browsers.

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While niche, this approach could inspire other TUI developers to build similar harnesses, making terminal apps more testable and AI-friendly.
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