Should Puppeteer Be Your Go-To Tool for Web Scraping and Automation?

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Puppeteer is awesome, but it’s not always the best tool for the job. If you’re doing lightweight scraping, something like Cheerio might be faster and easier to set up. But for anything involving JS rendering or complex interactions, Puppeteer is king.

Debugging headless mode can be tricky, but using `dumpio: true` in your launch options can help log errors to the console. Also, check out Playwright—it’s like Puppeteer’s cousin but with cross-browser support.

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