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Learn Playwright - Pre-Requisite Skills & Setup Environment
Before writing end-to-end tests, you need to master the fundamentals of the web, JavaScript or TypeScript, and the concepts of automated testing. In this episode you will also set up Node.js, install Playwright along with the browser binaries, and verify your first installation.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - History, Background & Why Choose Playwright
This episode covers the birth of Playwright from the Microsoft team, its core advantages such as cross-browser support and auto-waiting, comparisons with Selenium, Cypress, and Puppeteer, as well as various real-world use cases for end-to-end testing and browser automation.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Basic Concepts & Architecture
This episode dissects the Playwright architecture: the roles of Browser, BrowserContext, and Page, the difference between the test runner and the standalone API, the test lifecycle from launch to close, as well as the project structure and basic configuration that form the foundation of the entire series.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Installation & Basic Configuration
This episode guides you through installing Playwright along with browser dependencies, putting together a complete playwright.config.ts, running your first test via the CLI, and managing timeouts and retries so the suite runs stably from the start.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Locating Elements & Interacting with Pages
This episode covers locator strategies based on text, role, CSS, and XPath, basic interactions like click, fill, select, and hover, form submission and navigation, as well as how auto-waiting and retry-ability work behind every action.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Waits & Synchronization
This episode digs into Playwright's default auto-waiting mechanism, explicit waits with waitForResponse and waitForLoadState, how to handle dynamic content and async updates, and strategies for keeping tests stable for SPA and real-time applications.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Page Object Model & Test Structure
This episode covers the Page Object Pattern, reusable page classes, multi-page flows and shared fixtures, as well as suite maintainability.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Assertions & Debugging
This episode covers Playwright's built-in assertions and matchers, custom and soft assertions for complex scenarios, debugging tools such as codegen, debug mode, and the trace viewer, as well as capturing screenshots and videos when tests fail.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Advanced Browser Actions
This episode covers advanced browser scenarios: handling frames, popups, and multiple tabs, drag and drop along with keyboard and mouse actions, automating file upload and download, as well as network interception and request mocking to control responses.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Playwright - Data-Driven & Parameterized Testing
This episode covers parameterized tests with test.each, external data sources like CSV and JSON, running the same scenario with many datasets, and best practices so coverage is easy to repeat and maintain.
August 10, 2026
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