Awesome Web Testing with Playwright

Everybody gets frustrated when web apps are broken, but testing them thoroughly doesn’t need to be a chore. Playwright, a new open-source browser automation tool from Microsoft, makes testing web apps fun!

Playwright offers a slew of nifty features like automatic waiting, mobile emulation, and network interception. Plus, with isolated browser contexts, Playwright tests can set up much faster than traditional Web UI tests. In this tutorial, we will learn how to automate concise yet robust web app tests with Playwright using TypeScript. Specifically, we will cover:

* How to install and configure Playwright

* How to structure test cases with Playwright Test

* How to perform interactions through page objects

* How to conveniently run different browsers, capture videos, and run tests in parallel

After this tutorial, you’ll be empowered to test modern web apps of any kind with modern web test tools. You’ll also be able to compare Playwright with other tools like Cypress and Selenium WebDriver.