Playwright Demo Project

Playwright Automated Testing Tool Demo Project

• Testing Login functionality on Guestbook Demo App => tests/tests.spec.js

Purpose: Playwright Functionality Demo

• Page Object Model (POM)
• Reusability with common steps
• Data Parameterization with external .csv file and mock data

Prerequisites

• Git
• Node.js (with npm)
• Visual Studio Code

Verify installation

node -v

npm -v

code -v

Verification Examples (Command Prompt):

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.856]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\[user]>node -v
v16.16.0

C:\Users\[user]>npm -v
8.11.0

C:\Users\[user]>code -v
1.70.2
e4503b30fc78200f846c62cf8091b76ff5547662
x64

Project and dependancies Installation

git clone https://github.com/qaa-demo/playwright-demo.git

cd playwright-demo

npm install

Run the tests

Run all tests:

npm test 

Run individual test files:

npm test tests.spec.js

By default test runs in headless mode . To see the browser during execution change to headed mode - update playwight.config.js file:

headless: false

By default execution trace is set to retain on failure only (trace is captured but deleted if the test passes):

trace: 'retain-on-failure'

To always capture and keep the last trace, update playwight.config.js file:

trace: 'on'

To always capture and keep execution video, update playwight.config.js file:

video: 'on'

Create new tests

resources/locators.js

Add locators & Data

const locators = {
  HomePageHeading: "id=main-header",
  LoginPageHeading: "id=login-page-main-header",
  FormPageHeading: "id=sign-form-main-header",
}

const data = {
  HomePageHeading: "Home Page",
  LoginPageHeading: "Login",
  FormPageHeading: "Sign The Guestbook",
}

pages/pages.js

Add New Page Class (if required or use existing)

class HomePage {

    constructor(page) {
      this.page = page;
    }

    async navigateToHomePage() {
      await this.page.goto(data.BaseUrl);
    }
  }

Add Methods

tests/common.js

Add Common Steps Add Reusable Step Components

tests/tests.spec.js

Add New Tests