Advanced Playwright

Hi 👋🏽!

Welcome to the course "Advanced Playwright" by Renata Andrade for the Test Automation University. If you are new to Playwright, I invite you to a look at the Introduction to Playwright course.

Dependencies

• Playwright v1.35.1
• Node v20.3.0
• npm v9.6.5
• VSCode Version: 1.79.1 (Universal)
• Applitools v1.17.5

Pre requirements:

• Node setup
• VS Code setup
• iTerm setup

Fork and clone the project

1. Copy the project URL https://github.com/raptatinha/tau-advanced-playwright.git;
2. Fork the project following the GitHub instructions - (use the parameter --clone=true);
3. Access the forked project cd tau-advanced-playwright

NOTE: Remember to add the secrets & variables to your local repo.

Instal the project

IMPORTANT: Create your .env file following the .env.example. The APPLITOOLS_API_KEY is the only param you'll need to uptdate to your credentials.

On your terminal, type:

1. npm i

Run the project

Take a look at the package.json - scripts for more details. The tests are using https://demoqa.com/

• npm run test-ui-c runs all tests on chromium (except the auth)
• npm run test-ui-auth-admin runs profile-stored-auth-multi-role-admin.spec.ts
• npm run test-ui-auth-user runs profile-stored-auth-multi-role-user.spec.ts
• npm run test-ui-auth runs profile-stored-auth-multi-role-example.spec.ts (test will fail due to application limitations)
• npm run test-vrt runs visual-regression.spec.ts - visual regression testing with applitools

Course Content:

Chapter 1: Optimizing authentication

• Regular authentication with page objects;
• Stored authentication with global-setup via UI;
• Stored authentication for multi users;
• Advanced - auth via API request;

Chapter 2: Dynamic Page Objects & Fixtures

• Hooks file for reusable page object creation
• URL builder for dynamic url creation
• Fixtures file for reusable flows

Chapter 3: Interacting with APIs

• The APIRequestContext
• HTTP methods, request options, request URL
• How to identify an API call and use the swagger
• Execute request dynamic
• Error handling
• Reusability

Chapter 4: Data Management

• Via .env files
• Via JSON
• Via API
• Via mock data
• Via CSV - https://playwright.dev/docs/test-parameterize#create-tests-via-a-csv-file

Chapter 5: Visual Regression with Applitools

• Implementing a visual regression test
• Using different check settings
• Interpreting the results

Chapter 6: Continuous Integration & Observability

• Github Actions
• The yml file
• Slack Integration
• Parallelization strategy & Sharding

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💜 If you have questions, feel free to post them on github.

Happy Testing 🎭