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🎭 Playwright Automation Testing - Complete Course Notes

Comprehensive notes, code snippets, concepts, and best practices from a complete Playwright: From Zero to Hero course.


πŸ“– About This Repository

This repository contains my complete learning notes from an in-depth Playwright Automation Testing course.

The purpose of this repository is to serve as:

  • πŸ“š A personal knowledge base
  • πŸ“– A quick revision guide
  • πŸ’» A reference while building automation frameworks
  • πŸš€ A resource for interview preparation
  • πŸ§ͺ A collection of Playwright concepts, examples, and best practices

The notes are organized lesson-by-lesson following the course structure, making it easy to revisit any topic whenever needed.


πŸš€ Technologies Covered

  • Playwright
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • HTML DOM
  • API Testing
  • REST APIs
  • Page Object Model (POM)
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker
  • Visual Testing
  • CI/CD
  • Argos CI

πŸ“š Course Contents

Module 1 β€” Preparation

  • Introduction
  • Playwright vs Cypress
  • Configuration of Development Environment
  • Clone Test Application

Module 2 β€” JavaScript Fundamentals

  • Module Overview
  • Hello World
  • Variables, Constants and Data Types
  • Concatenation and Interpolation
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Relational and Equality Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • Conditional Statements
  • Loops
  • Functions
  • Classes and Methods
  • TypeScript vs JavaScript
  • JavaSceipt Practice Exercise - Car Recommendation System

Module 3 β€” Playwright Hands-On Overview

  • Playwright Installation
  • Test Execution with CLI
  • Test Execution with UI
  • Trace Viewer and Debug
  • Test Structure
  • Hooks and Flow Control
  • Quiz 1 - Knowledge Check

Module 4 β€” Interaction with Web Elements

  • DOM Terminology
  • Locator Syntax Rules
  • User-Facing Locators
  • Child Elements
  • Parent Elements
  • Reusing Locators
  • Extracting Values
  • Assertions
  • Auto-Waiting
  • Timeouts
  • Quiz 2 - Knowledge Check

Module 5 β€” UI Components

  • Input Fields
  • Radio Buttons
  • Checkboxes
  • Lists & Dropdowns
  • Tooltips
  • Dialog Boxes
  • Web Tables (Part 1)
  • Web Tables (Part 2)
  • Date Picker (Part 1)
  • Date Picker (Part 2)
  • Sliders
  • Drag & Drop with iframes

Module 6 β€” Page Object Model

  • What is Page Object Model
  • First Page Object
  • Navigation Page Object
  • Locators in Page Objects
  • Parameterized Methods
  • Date Picker Page Object
  • Page Object Manager
  • Page Object Helper Base

Module 7 β€” Working with APIs

  • What is API
  • Setup New Project
  • Mocking API
  • Modify API Response
  • Perform API Requests
  • Intercept Browser API Responses
  • Sharing Authentication State
  • API Authentication

Module 8 β€” Advanced

  • NPM Scripts and CLI Commands
  • Test Data Generator
  • Test Retries
  • Parallel Execution
  • Screenshots and Videos
  • Environment Variables
  • Configuration File
  • Fixtures
  • Project Setup & Teardown
  • Global Setup & Teardown
  • Test Tags
  • Mobile Device Emulator
  • Reporting
  • Visual Testing
  • Playwright with Docker Container
  • GitHub Actions and Argos CI

Practice Exercises

  • JavaScript Practice Exercise β€” Car Recommendation System

Knowledge Checks

  • Quiz 1
  • Quiz 2

πŸ“‚ Repository Structure

Playwright-Notes/
β”‚
β”œβ”€β”€ 01-Preparation/
β”œβ”€β”€ 02-JavaScript Fundamentals/
β”œβ”€β”€ 03-Playwright Hands-On Overview/
β”œβ”€β”€ 04-Interaction with Web Elements/
β”œβ”€β”€ 05-UI Components/
β”œβ”€β”€ 06-Page Object Model/
β”œβ”€β”€ 07-Working with APIs/
β”œβ”€β”€ 08-Advanced/
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β”œβ”€β”€ Images
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🎯 Topics Learned

Throughout this course, I gained hands-on experience with:

  • Building automation frameworks using Playwright
  • Writing maintainable and scalable test automation
  • UI automation
  • API testing
  • Page Object Model (POM)
  • Fixtures
  • Authentication
  • Network interception
  • Mock APIs
  • Visual testing
  • Mobile emulation
  • Parallel execution
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Reporting
  • CI/CD integration
  • Automation best practices

πŸ’‘ Why This Repository?

This repository helps me:

  • Quickly revise Playwright concepts
  • Prepare for QA Automation / SDET interviews
  • Reference code while building automation frameworks
  • Understand Playwright best practices
  • Learn advanced Playwright features
  • Document my learning journey

⭐ Disclaimer

These notes are based on my personal learning from a Playwright course. They are intended for educational and revision purposes and have been organized in my own words for easier understanding.

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πŸ“š Comprehensive Playwright learning notes covering TypeScript, UI Automation, API Testing, Page Object Model, Fixtures, Visual Testing, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Reporting, Mobile Testing, and industry best practices.

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