Playwright Tutorials

Playwright is a Node.js library for automating web browsers, developed by Microsoft Corporation. It provides a high-level API for interacting with web pages, and supports multiple browsers including Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. Playwright is designed to be easy to use, highly reliable, and to work seamlessly with modern web applications.

What is Playwright 🎭?

Playwright is an open-source automation library designed for end-to-end testing of web applications. It supports multiple programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#. Playwright provides features like auto-wait, headless execution, and support for multiple browser contexts, making it a powerful tool for web automation.

Playwright is written in TypeScript, a superset of JavaScript that adds optional static typing and other features to the language. As a result, Playwright’s TypeScript API provides strong typing and autocompletion support, making it easier to write and maintain code. To use Playwright with TypeScript, you will need to install the Playwright library and the TypeScript compiler.

TypeScript Files

Any valid JavaScript code is also valid TypeScript code. TypeScript files typically use the .ts extension, while files containing JSX use the .tsx extension. The TypeScript compiler, tsc, converts TypeScript code into JavaScript code, which can then be run in any JavaScript environment.

Install Node.js

Before installing Playwright, ensure that Node.js is installed on your system.

• https://www.testingdocs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-on-windows/

Install Playwright on Windows

• https://www.testingdocs.com/install-playwright-on-windows/

Write Playwright Test

• https://www.testingdocs.com/writing-first-playwright-test/

Playwright Configuration File

• https://www.testingdocs.com/playwright-configuration-file/

Run a Sample Test

Create a test file and run a sample test to confirm Playwright is working correctly:

/> npx playwright test

• https://www.testingdocs.com/running-playwright-tests/

Run specific test file

/> npx playwright test example.test.js

Selenium vs Playwright

• https://www.testingdocs.com/questions/differences-between-selenium-and-playwright/

Official website

• https://playwright.dev/