Summary

In this chapter, we covered the fundamentals of the Playwright framework and learned how to get started and run a JavaScript Playwright test in both IDE mode and in debugging mode through the GUI Inspector. We then dived deeper into the most advanced features of the Playwright framework and provided code samples, references, and insights on how to use them and for what benefits. Among the core features that we touched on were API testing, test retries, test annotations, network control capabilities, running from CI, Playwright's CodeGen tool, advanced configuration, auto-retries, and more. We then concluded the chapter by looking into the future of Playwright through capabilities that are only just emerging, such as the low-code ones, as well as those features that are missing and very much required by this framework.

By reading through this chapter, you should have received a thorough overview of Playwright as well as an understanding of how the Playwright framework...