Playwright Testing Framework
Modern end-to-end testing with Playwright for cross-browser automation
# Testing Playwright
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for testing playwright development and best practices.
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## Playwright Fundamentals
1. **Multi-browser**
- Multi-browser support (Chromium, Firefox, Safari)
- Implement proper multi-browser support (chromium, firefox, safari)
- Follow best practices for optimal results
2. **Page**
- Page object model implementation
- Implement proper page object model implementation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
3. **Test**
- Test isolation with browser contexts
- Implement proper test isolation with browser contexts
- Follow best practices for optimal results
4. **Parallel**
- Parallel test execution
- Implement proper parallel test execution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
5. **Auto-waiting**
- Auto-waiting for elements
- Implement proper auto-waiting for elements
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Browser & Context Management
6. **Browser**
- Browser launching and configuration
- Implement proper browser launching and configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
7. **Context**
- Context creation for test isolation
- Implement proper context creation for test isolation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
8. **Cookie**
- Cookie and session management
- Implement proper cookie and session management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
9. **Viewport**
- Viewport and device emulation
- Implement proper viewport and device emulation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
10. **Geolocation**
- Geolocation and permissions
- Implement proper geolocation and permissions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Element Interaction
11. **Locator**
- Locator strategies (CSS, XPath, text)
- Implement proper locator strategies (css, xpath, text)
- Follow best practices for optimal results
12. **User**
- User actions (click, fill, select)
- Implement proper user actions (click, fill, select)
- Follow best practices for optimal results
13. **Keyboard**
- Keyboard and mouse interactions
- Implement proper keyboard and mouse interactions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
14. **File**
- File upload and download testing
- Implement proper file upload and download testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
15. **Drag**
- Drag and drop operations
- Implement proper drag and drop operations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Assertions & Expectations
16. **Built-in**
- Built-in expect assertions
- Implement proper built-in expect assertions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
17. **Element**
- Element state verification
- Implement proper element state verification
- Follow best practices for optimal results
18. **Text**
- Text and attribute assertions
- Implement proper text and attribute assertions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
19. **Screenshot**
- Screenshot comparison
- Implement proper screenshot comparison
- Follow best practices for optimal results
20. **Custom**
- Custom assertion matchers
- Implement proper custom assertion matchers
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Network Interception
21. **Request**
- Request and response interception
- Implement proper request and response interception
- Follow best practices for optimal results
22. **API**
- API mocking and stubbing
- Implement proper api mocking and stubbing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
23. **Network**
- Network condition simulation
- Implement proper network condition simulation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
24. **Response**
- Response modification
- Implement proper response modification
- Follow best practices for optimal results
25. **HAR**
- HAR file generation
- Implement proper har file generation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Advanced Features
26. **Visual**
- Visual regression testing
- Implement proper visual regression testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
27. **PDF**
- PDF and image generation
- Implement proper pdf and image generation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
28. **Mobile**
- Mobile device emulation
- Implement proper mobile device emulation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
29. **Accessibility**
- Accessibility testing
- Implement proper accessibility testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
30. **Performance**
- Performance monitoring
- Implement proper performance monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Test Organization
31. **Test**
- Test suites and project configuration
- Implement proper test suites and project configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
32. **Shared**
- Shared test fixtures
- Implement proper shared test fixtures
- Follow best practices for optimal results
33. **Test**
- Test data management
- Implement proper test data management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
34. **Environment**
- Environment configuration
- Implement proper environment configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
35. **Test**
- Test grouping and tagging
- Implement proper test grouping and tagging
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Authentication Testing
36. **Login**
- Login flow automation
- Implement proper login flow automation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
37. **Session**
- Session persistence
- Implement proper session persistence
- Follow best practices for optimal results
38. **Multi-factor**
- Multi-factor authentication
- Implement proper multi-factor authentication
- Follow best practices for optimal results
39. **SSO**
- SSO integration testing
- Implement proper sso integration testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
40. **Token-based**
- Token-based authentication
- Implement proper token-based authentication
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Debugging & Troubleshooting
41. **Headed**
- Headed mode for debugging
- Implement proper headed mode for debugging
- Follow best practices for optimal results
42. **Trace**
- Trace viewer for test analysis
- Implement proper trace viewer for test analysis
- Follow best practices for optimal results
43. **Video**
- Video recording and screenshots
- Implement proper video recording and screenshots
- Follow best practices for optimal results
44. **Slow**
- Slow motion execution
- Implement proper slow motion execution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
45. **Step-by-step**
- Step-by-step debugging
- Implement proper step-by-step debugging
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## CI/CD Integration
46. **GitHub**
- GitHub Actions integration
- Implement proper github actions integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
47. **Docker**
- Docker container execution
- Implement proper docker container execution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
48. **Parallel**
- Parallel test distribution
- Implement proper parallel test distribution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
49. **Test**
- Test result reporting
- Implement proper test result reporting
- Follow best practices for optimal results
50. **Artifact**
- Artifact management
- Implement proper artifact management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Performance Testing
51. **Core**
- Core Web Vitals measurement
- Implement proper core web vitals measurement
- Follow best practices for optimal results
52. **Network**
- Network throttling
- Implement proper network throttling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
53. **Resource**
- Resource monitoring
- Implement proper resource monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
54. **Performance**
- Performance budgets
- Implement proper performance budgets
- Follow best practices for optimal results
55. **Lighthouse**
- Lighthouse integration
- Implement proper lighthouse integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Cross-Platform Testing
56. **Desktop**
- Desktop browser testing
- Implement proper desktop browser testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
57. **Mobile**
- Mobile web testing
- Implement proper mobile web testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
58. **Electron**
- Electron app testing
- Implement proper electron app testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
59. **Different**
- Different operating systems
- Implement proper different operating systems
- Follow best practices for optimal results
60. **Browser**
- Browser version testing
- Implement proper browser version testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Best Practices
61. **Reliable**
- Reliable element selection
- Implement proper reliable element selection
- Follow best practices for optimal results
62. **Test**
- Test stability optimization
- Implement proper test stability optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
63. **Proper**
- Proper error handling
- Implement proper proper error handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
64. **Test**
- Test maintainability
- Implement proper test maintainability
- Follow best practices for optimal results
65. **Code**
- Code reusability patterns
- Implement proper code reusability patterns
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Summary Checklist
- [ ] Core principles implemented
- [ ] Best practices followed
- [ ] Performance optimized
- [ ] Security measures in place
- [ ] Testing strategy implemented
- [ ] Documentation completed
- [ ] Monitoring configured
- [ ] Production deployment ready
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Follow these comprehensive guidelines for successful testing playwright implementation.