Automation Testing with Playwright

• Course: Software Testing and Quality Assurance
• Target: https://practicesoftwaretesting.com
• Stack: Playwright + TypeScript
• Browsers: Chromium, Firefox

What's Covered

• Register: creating a new user account
• Login: signing in with valid and invalid credentials
• Add to Cart: adding products and verifying cart updates
• Remove from Cart: removing items and checking cart reflects changes
• Sort: sorting products A to Z and by price high to low

Usage

# Install dependencies and browsers
npx playwright install

# Run all tests
npx playwright test

# Run on a specific browser
npx playwright test --project=chromium

# View the test report
npx playwright show-report

Notes

• Login runs once and the session is reused across tests so you are not logging in repeatedly
• Test credentials and base URL are stored in config/.env
• Screenshots are captured only on failure
• Traces are recorded on first retry to help with debugging