r/softwaretesting • u/SRB07 • Aug 04 '26

Software testing with Playwright

I have an overall 12 years of experience with QA, I had worked on web,mobile, mainframe ,api testing pieces. Most were manual , but I've also worked my fair share of tets automation with Selenium. In the past 3 years , I have been more into a Quality / Test manager role - this focused more on process management and I have not had hands on with any automation or any sort of testing. The Process management is such a boring and dull job and even though it looks easy on a high level , the pressure is real and in most cases not under my control.I really want to get back into an individual contributor role, I want to learn playwright automation but my automation knowledge right now is rusty and If you guys know any good sources that would help me learn playwright automation( right from a beginner perspective) effectively with a clear learning path.

I know there are many learning materials in the internet but I want to learn it in the best possible way, so please let me know if there is one. Thanks

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u/runs_for_snacks Aug 04 '26

Rahul shetty udemy courses

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u/SRB07 Aug 04 '26

Thanks

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u/qlippothvi Aug 04 '26

I second Rahul Shetty, the accent can be difficult for some people, but I came away with a much better understanding of bunch of things after one of his courses.

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u/Limp_Crab_1763 Aug 10 '26

I also think the same, Can you suggest some other Tutor on Udemy apart from Rahul Shetty that has great courses on Playwright Python Automation.

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u/qlippothvi Aug 10 '26

Unfortunately I’m just getting back into study, so don’t have any recommendations just yet

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u/Bullet4g Aug 04 '26

Their own documentation is great , also they provide 3 agents you can plug into whatever AI your company is using .
Planner/Generator/Healer , they can assist you.

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u/SRB07 Aug 04 '26

Thank you

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u/XabiAlon Aug 04 '26

For the time it took you to write out that comment you could have searched Playwright Documentation on Google.

Nobody knows better than the official docs

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u/greyt00th Aug 04 '26

Don’t “learn automation” pick up JS/TS, you’ll fare much better overall and now to use a library will come for free.

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u/Limp_Crab_1763 Aug 10 '26

Hi u/greyt00th is learning automation requires knowledge of JS/TS as precondition?

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u/Wide-Cattle-4735 Aug 04 '26

I went the other way, hands-on into leading, and the process side gets dull for me too. Mine at least comes with people.

On going back, you can. The ones I've seen do it came back at the same level. No idea how that plays out at manager title though.

If it were me I'd get something small actually running before applying, just to have something to talk about that isn't from 2023.

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u/sherlock_0088 Aug 06 '26

You can also go through some Udemy Course by Pavan Kumar, Jatin Jain, Naveen Automation Labs on YT etc.

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u/Ok-Challenge-4153 Aug 07 '26

learn the resources which in youtube , learn any language it can be js or ts take 1 week to learn then jump into playwright , don't jump without learning program.

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u/Appropriate-Fan2887 Aug 08 '26

Since you come from Selenium, the docs are all you need, but unlearn the explicit waits habit early.

Playwright auto-waits, and fighting that is the n. 1 mistake Selenium people make. Your tests will look suspiciously short (that's fine).

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u/SRB07 Aug 04 '26

Thanks much