Here’s another session on “Advanced Playwright Techniques for Flawless Testing” by 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐎'𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft. In this talk, she explores some advanced Playwright capabilities and uncovers a range of features that you may not know about, from project dependencies to box steps, API mocking, testing time, and more.
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Introduction to Advanced Playwright Features:
The video starts with an overview of Playwright's advanced capabilities for browser automation and testing. Debbie O'Brien highlights how Playwright supports testing across multiple browsers (Chromium, WebKit, Firefox) using a single API, which helps ensure consistent user experiences across different environments.
Key Benefits of Using Playwright:
Discussion on why Playwright is a preferred tool for modern web application testing, emphasizing its features like automatic waiting for elements, retrying assertions, testing iframes and Shadow DOM, and running tests in full isolation.
Debbie emphasizes the advantages of parallelism in testing, where multiple tests run simultaneously to reduce test execution time.
Advanced Playwright Techniques:
API Mocking: Demonstrating how to mock API calls to simulate responses without actually hitting the live API. Debbie shows examples of how to manipulate and test API responses by mocking JSON data.
Project Dependencies: Managing project dependencies in tests and setting up tests with proper configurations to handle different environments.
Clock API: Using the Clock API for handling time-sensitive tests.
Data and Time Setup for Tests: How to set up data and time configurations to ensure tests run correctly under different scenarios, such as setting up a database or initializing a test environment.
Tooling and Extensions:
Highlighting useful tools and extensions for Playwright, such as the VS Code extension for Playwright, which helps developers write and debug tests more effectively.
Demonstration of tools like the Locator Picker, UI mode, HTML reports, Trace Viewer, and GitHub Actions integration to enhance the testing workflow.
Demos and Practical Examples:
Several practical demonstrations of advanced Playwright techniques, including examples of API mocking, managing test data, and monitoring API responses and requests.
Best Practices and Tips:
Debbie shares best practices for utilizing Playwright's advanced features to create more robust, reliable, and efficient tests.
Advice on reducing flaky tests, optimizing test execution times, and utilizing the full capabilities of Playwright to improve testing workflows.
The video is a comprehensive guide to mastering advanced Playwright techniques, providing viewers with practical insights and examples to elevate their testing strategies. It is aimed at developers and testers looking to optimize their use of Playwright for end-to-end testing.
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