Microsoft Playwright Test Automation – Syllabus

6 Saturdays (9am to 11am) | Beginners to Advanced

Day 1: Foundations & First Tests

• What is Playwright? Architecture vs Selenium/Cypress
• Installation and project setup (VS Code, Node.js, Playwright Test)
• Running your first test – auto‑generation with Codegen
• Understanding the test runner (npx playwright test)
• Core concepts: locators (page.locator(), getByRole(), getByText())
• Auto‑waiting and actionability (no explicit sleeps)
• Assertions (toHaveText(), toBeVisible(), toHaveValue())

Day 2: Advanced Locators & Debugging

• Deep dive into locator strategies (CSS, XPath, text, role, test‑id)
• Filtering and chaining locators
• Debugging: Playwright Inspector, trace viewer, slow‑mo mode, video recording
• Using --debug and --trace flags
• Page Object Model introduction (basic structure)

Day 3: Mobile Emulation & Geolocation

• Device emulation (iPhone, Pixel) using devices preset
• Changing viewport, user agent, touch events
• Geolocation mocking (set latitude/longitude, permissions)
• Permissions: notifications, geolocation, camera
• Testing responsive design with multiple devices

Day 4: Network Mocking & File Handling

• Intercepting network requests (page.route()) – mock APIs, abort images
• Simulate slow network, offline mode
• File uploads (single, multiple, drag & drop)
• Download files and verify content
• Handling iframes and multiple pages/tabs

Day 5:Page Object Model & Fixtures (Deep Dive)

• Structuring Page Object Model (POM) – classes and reusable methods
• Playwright Fixtures (custom fixtures for pages, contexts)
• Sharing state between tests (logged‑in context)
• Test hooks (beforeEach, afterEach)
• Parallel execution and sharding

Day 6:CI/CD, Reporting & Visual Regression

• GitHub Actions configuration (run on push, scheduled)
• Storing test artifacts (trace, video, screenshots)
• HTML Reporter, JSON, JUnit reports
• Visual regression testing (screenshot comparisons with expect(page).toHaveScreenshot())
• Handling flaky tests with retries
• Final project kick‑off: build a complete test suite for a real web app (e.g., Saucedemo, WordPress demo, or a custom app)

Project: Build a complete test suite for a real web app.

Starting Date: 4th July 2026
Course Fee: £2990