Basic Browser and Page Interactions with Playwright

In this blog, we’ll dive into the fundamentals of interacting with browsers and web pages using Playwright. Whether you’re automating UI tests or end-to-end scenarios, understanding how to navigate through a web page, interact with elements, and manage different browsers is key to writing effective test scripts.

Setting Up Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript

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By the end of this article, you’ll know how to:

• Launch browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit.
• Perform basic interactions such as navigation, clicking, and typing.
• Understand the difference between headless and headed modes.
• Work with multiple browser contexts and pages.

1. Launching Browsers

One of Playwright's core strengths is its ability to run tests across multiple browsers—Chromium (for Chrome and Edge), Firefox, and WebKit (for Safari). Let’s start by exploring how to launch these browsers.

1.1 Launching Chromium

Here’s how you can launch a Chromium browser instance and navigate to a web page:

import { chromium } from 'playwright';

(async ()…