Playwright Assertions Explained: From Basics to Advanced Techniques | Part 5

Explore Playwright's assertion techniques to enhance accuracy, reliability, and robustness in automated testing workflows. Start FREE Testing:

📢Dive into the world of Playwright with TypeScript in this detailed tutorial by 𝐕𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧, a seasoned expert in automation testing. This session is a comprehensive guide to mastering Playwright’s assertion capabilities, a vital component to ensure the accuracy of your automated test scripts.

In this tutorial, you will learn everything from basic assertion concepts to advanced techniques, including verifying element visibility, presence, text matching, attribute validation, URL checks, and even screenshot-based comparisons for visual testing.

Vignesh also explains the role of hard and soft assertions in managing test execution effectively. With clear examples and practical demonstrations, this tutorial provides all the tools you need to enhance your end-to-end testing with Playwright.

➡ What is the importance of Assertions in Playwright-based Test Automation?
Assertions in Playwright play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and accuracy of automated tests. They validate that the application under test behaves as expected by comparing the actual outcome of an interaction with the anticipated result. For instance, without assertions, a test might pass prematurely even if a critical action, such as navigation to a dashboard page after login, fails due to a bug. Assertions help detect such issues by enforcing checks at key points in the test flow.

Additionally, assertions serve three primary purposes:

• 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: They confirm that the application is functioning as intended, ensuring the automation accurately verifies its behavior.
• 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Properly implemented assertions immediately highlight failures, allowing quick identification and resolution of issues.
• 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Assertions provide confidence that the test scripts are thoroughly verifying the application, leading to robust and reliable test automation.

Playwright offers various assertion types, such as checks for element visibility, presence, text matching, attributes, and even visual comparisons using screenshots, making it a powerful tool for comprehensive testing.

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00:00 Introduction
02:15 What is Assertion
02:57 Assertions - Visible/Hidden
10:35 Assertions - Present/Not Present
14:55 Assertions - Enabled/Disabled
16:20 Assertions - Text Match/Mismatch
18:45 Assertions - Element Attributes
20:22 Assertions - URL and Title
26:50 Assertions - Screenshot
31:20 Closing Words


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