What happens when you pair Playwright with something other than TypeScript?

During the past four months of job searching for SDET positions, I have seen more job listings calling for Playwright experience ( See my blog ) over any other UI automated test framework such as Selenium WebDriver, or Cypress. Most of the time, I see TypeScript paired with Playwright ... But every now and then, I see companies pair Playwright with C# or Java. Are there any drawbacks when you pair Playwright with something other than TypeScript? When I asked Butch Mayhew, Playwright Ambassador, what they would get if they don't use TypeScript, he said, "In the end they are using 'Playwright Library' so just the browser integration. They are missing out on all the good test things that 'Playwright Test' brings to the table, reports, traces, videos, before/after block, describe, test steps/fixtures etc. [...] you lose all the great out of the box features. You have to bring your own test runner in Java". When you pair Playwright with TypeScript, there is less configuration and it is…