Udemy Playwright: Web Automation Testing From Zero to Hero

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Section 1: Preparation

Playwright vs Cypress

Playwright Pros.	Cypress Pros.
Faster test execution OOTB free parallel execution Multiple languages (JS/TS, Python, Java, C# Multiple Tabs Better iFrames similar to Selenium	Less code - fast to write Better auto-wait mechanism Better documentation Better testrunner (time machine) Dashboard service

Development Environment Configuration

• node.js => updated => done
• Git => updated => done
• VS Code => updated => done
• Playwright extn for VS Code => installed

Clone Test App

• From https://github.com/bondar-artem/pw-practice-app
• Cloned it in VS Code
• npm install --force

--force needed to accept various warnings

• npm start
• http://localhost:4200/

Section 2: Javascript Fundamentals

I'm familiar with javascript - I'm fast forwarding through this without keeping notes

Section 3 - Playwright Hands-On Overview

• create new folder & npm init playwright@latest
• CLI Test Executions

npx playwright test
npx playwright test example.spec.ts --project=chromium --headed
npx playwright test -g "has title"
npx playwright show-report

• Test Execution with UI - OMG this debug UI is cool!

npx playwright test --ui