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

• Why choose Python with Playwright?

• Playwright Supported Languages

Module 2: Python Programming Essentials 

• Python Setup

  • Installing Python & PyCharm

• Python Basics

  • Comments, Keywords, Variables and Data Types

  • Operators (Arithmetic, Logical, Comparison)

  • Conditional Statements (if, elif, else, match-case)

  • Loops (for, while, nested)

  • Strings & Numbers

  • List, Tuple, Set & Dictionary

  • Python Functions

  • Global and Local variables

  • Types of arguments

  • Python OOPS Concepts

  • Class & Object

  • Methods Vs Constructors

  • Static Methods

  • Inheritance & Polymorphism

  • Method Overriding Vs Method Overloading

  • Encapsulation & Abstraction

  • Modules and packages

  • File Handling

  • Exception Handling

Module 3: PyTest 

• PyTest introduction and setup environment

• Creating Pytest tests

• Working with the Fixtures

• Creating re-usable Fixtures

• Skipping tests

• Grouping tests

• Ordering tests

• Parallel execution

Module 4: Playwright Automation with Python &Pytest

• Getting Started

  • Installing Playwright 

  • Creating Tests

  • Running Tests  in headless/headed modes

  • Running tests in parallel mode and multiple browsers

  • CLI commands to run tests with different parameters

  • Understanding Playwright sync vs async APIs

• Locators

  • Playwright Built-in locators

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

  • XPath 

• UI Interactions

  • Click, Fill, Check, Select

  • Handle radio buttons, checkboxes, and dropdowns

  • Handle dropdowns

• 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 Dialogs

• Mouse Actions

• Keyboard Actions

• File Uploads and Downloads

• Browser context

• Handle multiple pages/tabs/popups

• Shadow DOM Handling

Module 5: Advanced Playwright Features

• Auto-Waiting & Timeouts

• Screenshots & Video Capture

• Tracing with Trace Viewer

• Debugging Techniques

• Parameterized Tests using pytest.mark.parametrize
• Data-Driven Testing with JSON, CSV, Excel

• Codegen for Generating Tests

• Playwright Test Reports (HTML, Allure)

Module 6: 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 & Excel

• 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 

• Command Line Execution

Module 7: 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 

  • Trigger tests on push/pull

• CI/CD with Jenkins

  • Install Jenkins & Plugins

  • Configure Jobs and Pipelines

  • Run Playwright Tests in Jenkins Pipeline

Module 8: 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 9: Playwright Powered by AI 

• Generative AI & LLMs Overview

• Introduction to Prompt Engineering

• Using Copilot to Generate Playwright Tests

• Using Copilot + Playwright MCP to generate and run tests