Merge pull request #343 from Asvarox/remove-puppeteer

replace puppeteer with playwright to prerender pages

.github/templates/run-playwright/action.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runs:
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}-${{ inputs.project }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-playwright-${{ inputs.project }}
-    - run: pnpm playwright install --with-deps ${{ inputs.project }}
+    - run: pnpm playwright install --with-deps chromium ${{ inputs.project }}
       if: steps.playwright-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       shell: bash
     - run: pnpm playwright install-deps ${{ inputs.project }}
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ runs:
         path: |
           playwright-report
           test-results
+          build

.github/templates/setup-node/action.yml

@@ -13,5 +13,3 @@ runs:
         cache: 'pnpm'
     - run: pnpm install
       shell: bash
-    - run: pnpm exec puppeteer browsers install chrome
-      shell: bash

docs/prerendering-ssg.md

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ putting params of the URL the query string this is now mitigated.
 ## Solution
 During build, all known paths (kept in `src/routePaths.ts`) are passed to 
 [vite-plugin-html-prerender](https://github.com/saeedafzal/vite-plugin-html-prerender), which then uses Puppeteer to render 
-the pages and save them in appropriate folder structure.
-
-Although the plugin is niche and not very popular, it's simple enough to be easily ported to this project and make it
-compatible with it if it gets abandoned.
+the pages and save them in appropriate folder structure. The project is copied and modified so it
+1. Handles custom `basePath` (needed for branch deployment)
+2. Uses Playwright rather than Puppeteer for rendering (so there's no need to double-install the browsers)
 
 ## Alternative solutions considered
 ### Next.js

package.json

@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
     "postcss": "^8.4.38",
     "prettier": "^3.2.5",
     "prettier-plugin-organize-imports": "^3.2.4",
-    "puppeteer": "^21.11.0",
     "react-refresh": "^0.14.0",
     "rollup-plugin-analyzer": "^4.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.12.0",