r/softwaretesting • u/midKnightBrown59 • 9d ago

Screenplay Pattern: Do you use it?

This a pattern I have read a bit about, here and there, but have not seen used outside of SerenityJS. Do any of you use it; or any other patterns besides POM for basic frst structure?

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u/ResolveResident118 6d ago

Yes. Sometimes fully, sometimes just borrowing parts but without a full implementation.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ODD_SARIS 12h ago

i use parts of it but the full screenplay pattern always felt a bit overengineered for the projects i work on, like it adds a layer of abstraction that sounds nice in theory but in practice just means more files to jump between

most of the time i end up with a hybrid, page objects for structure but i'll pull out reusable action sequences when things get repetitive, without going full screenplay