Test Automation with Playwright/JavaScript

Initial setup

First make user you have Node.js 20.8 installed.

If you sue NVM (recommended), tun the following command to set correct version of Node.js:

nvm use

Then install the dependencies:

npm install

Setup environment variables

Create a .env file in the root of the project and add the following variables:

BASE_URL=https://example.com
ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD=password

Change the values to match your environment.

Running tests

Run tests in interactive mode (recommended):

npx playwright test --ui

Run tests in headless mode:

npx playwright test

Generate a report:

npx playwright show-report

Running examples

Examples (lesson 1 - 11):

npx playwright test --config=playwright.examples.config.js --ui 

Cucumber examples (lesson 12):

npx playwright test --config=playwright.cucumber.config.js --ui

Cucumber BDD generator:

npx bddgen --config=playwright.cucumber.config.js

Update playwright

npx playwright install 

Docker

You can run tests in Docker. There is a dedicated cofing file for Docker: playwright.docker.config.js.

docker-compose up --build