How to install Playwright in Visual Studio Code Tutorial

• 00:50 Installing Playwright Test extension
• 02:02 Installing Playwright in the project
• 04:40 Running tests and showing browser
• 07:27 Generating locators
• 09:07 Recording manual actions and generating tests

In this video tutorial, we learn how to install the Playwright testing library using Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Playwright, an open-source cross-browser testing library developed by Microsoft, allows for reliable end-to-end web testing across multiple programming languages.

To install Playwright with VS Code, follow these steps:

1. Create a new folder and open it in VS Code.
2. Go to Extensions and search for "Playwright Test."
3. Install the Playwright Test extension.

With this extension, you can install Playwright, run single or multiple tests with a single click, select browsers used by the test execution, debug, pick locators, and generate tests automatically.

Next, we need to install Playwright in the project:

1. Click on View > Command Palette.
2. Type "install playwright" and press Enter.
3. Select browsers you want to use for running tests.
4. Choose to use JavaScript or Typescript (by default, Typescript is used if the "use JavaScript" checkbox is not selected).
5. Click OK.

VS Code will now install Playwright and generate the entire project files. The Explorer menu will display the folder structure containing the node_modules, package.json, playwright.config, and test example files. The Testing extension will show the tests folder with test files and scenarios.

You can run tests in headless mode (without displaying the browser instance) or with the browser instance visible by toggling the "show browser" option.

Other features of the Playwright Test extension include:

• Generating locators by picking a locator from the browser.
• Recording manual actions, generating tests, and saving them in any language.

With Playwright installed, you can now create automated tests for your web applications using VS Code.