Playwright with Python Course Contents

🎯 Playwright using Python – Course Contents

Module 1: Introduction to Playwright

• What is Automation Testing?

• Introduction to Playwright

• Key Features of Playwright

• Playwright Tools & Ecosystem

• Playwright vs Selenium

• Python vs JavaScript/TypeScript for Automation

• Why choose Python with Playwright?

• Playwright Architecture Overview

• Playwright Supported Languages

Module 2: Python Programming Essentials 

• Python Setup

  • Installing Python & VS Code

  • Setting up Virtual Environment

  • Installing Playwright & pytest

• Python Basics

  • Variables and Data Types

  • Operators (Arithmetic, Logical, Comparison)

  • Conditional Statements (if, elif, else)

  • Loops (for, while, nested)

  • Functions (def, arguments, return types)

  • Lambda and Higher-Order Functions

• Data Structures

  • Lists, Tuples, Sets, Dictionaries

  • List/Dict Comprehensions

  • Common Methods: append, pop, filter, map, reduce

• Working with Files

  • Reading from JSON, CSV, and Excel

  • Writing data into files

• Object-Oriented Python

  • Classes & Objects

  • Constructors

  • Instance, Static & Class Methods

  • Inheritance & Access Control

  • Method Overriding

• Working with Modules & Packages

• Exception Handling

Module 3: Playwright Automation with Python

• Getting Started

  • Installing Playwright with Python

  • Creating First Test Script

  • Project Structure Overview

  • Running Tests (headless/headed)

  • Understanding Async Playwright (sync vs async APIs)

  • Playwright pytest plugin

• Locators

  • text, role, label, placeholder

  • locator() method

  • CSS Selectors (tag, ID, class, attributes)

  • XPath basics and axis handling

• UI Interactions

  • Click, Fill, Check, Select

  • Handle radio buttons, checkboxes, and dropdowns

  • Typing and pressing keys

  • Hover, double-click, drag & drop

  • Scrolling and visibility

• Working with Elements

  • Get text: inner_text, text_content

  • Count elements

  • Use nth(), all(), first(), last() locators

• Web Tables

  • Handle static & dynamic tables

  • Extract and validate rows & columns

  • Filtering and pagination

• Date Pickers

• Handling iFrames

• Handling Alerts, Prompts, and Dialogs

• File Uploads and Downloads

• Shadow DOM Handling

• Multiple Windows & Tabs

• Contexts and Browser Sessions

Module 4: Advanced Playwright Features

• Auto-Waiting & Timeouts

• Assertions (sync and async assertions with expect)

• Screenshots & Video Capture

• Tracing with Trace Viewer

• Debugging Techniques

• Codegen for Generating Tests

• Hooks: setup, teardown, before_all, after_each, etc.

• Test Tagging and Annotations (skip, only, xfail, etc.)

• Parallel & Serial Test Execution

• Parameterized Tests using pytest.mark.parametrize

• Data-Driven Testing with JSON, CSV, Excel

• Playwright Test Reports (HTML, Allure)

• Visual Comparison Testing

• Accessibility Testing using axe-playwright-python

Module 5: Framework Design & Development

• Introduction to Automation Framework

• Phases of Framework Design

• Project Setup and Folder Structure

• Playwright Configuration (playwright.config)

• Custom conftest.py and Fixtures

• Page Object Model (POM)

  • Create Page Classes

  • Encapsulate Actions and Selectors

• Data Files: JSON, CSV

• Utility Functions and Data Providers

• Faker Library for Dynamic Test Data

• Adding and Tagging Test Cases

• Generate HTML and Allure Reports

• Run Tests using pytest.ini or tox

• Command Line Execution

Module 6: CI/CD & Git Integration

• Git Basics

  • Git Init, Commit, Push, Branch

  • GitHub Integration

• CI/CD with GitHub Actions

  • Setup GitHub Workflow for Playwright Tests

  • Environment Setup and Dependency Caching

  • Trigger tests on push/pull

• CI/CD with Jenkins

  • Install Jenkins & Plugins

  • Configure Jobs and Pipelines

  • Run Playwright Tests in Jenkins Pipeline

Module 7: API Testing with Playwright + Python

• REST API Basics

• Making API Calls with Playwright APIRequestContext

• GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE Requests

• Dynamic Request Body using Faker, JSON files

• Path & Query Parameters

• Validating Status Code, Headers, JSON Body

• Chaining API Requests

• Authentication Methods

  • Basic Auth

  • Bearer Token

  • API Key

Module 8: Playwright Powered by AI (Bonus)

• Generative AI & LLMs Overview

• Introduction to Prompt Engineering

• GitHub Copilot for Python Automation

• Using Copilot to Generate Playwright Tests

• Introduction to Playwright + MCP (Model Context Protocol)

• Creating Test Scenarios with AI

• Copilot + Playwright integration for API and Web Tests

• Managing Tests with VSCode Extensions