Quick Introduction to Playwright

Workshop by Radek Bednařík

20. 09. 2021 from 13:00 to 17:00 CET

About this workshop

In this workshop, you will get acquainted with Microsoft's browser automation library called Playwright, which is taking the testing world by storm. It is versatile, allows you to do anything you want with your browser. Supports all main browsers on the market - Chromium, Webkit, and Firefox. You will learn, how to work with the library, run simple scripts and be able to utilize some of the many functionalities this library offers.

Key takeaways

  • What is Playwright and what can it do

  • How to write simple browser automation scripts

  • How to write basic tests using native playwright test runner

Who will benefit?

  • Test Automation Engineers

Expected knowledge

  • General knowledge of programming in any language. JavaScript - Node.js specific, is an advantage

Equipment requirements

  • Computer (OS - Win10/Linux-Ubuntu LTS), able to install and execute command with administration level of rights. Have installed: Node.js LTS including npm, git, VSCode IDE. PowerShell is recommended, if on Win10

About Radek Bednařík

Test Automation Engineer in Tesena. JavaScript Frameworks (Playwright, Mocha, Jest, Chai). Python frameworks (pytest, behave) and writing utilities for projects.