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How does the Playwright Certification work?

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Can I add this Playwright certificate to my LinkedIn profile and resume?

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What is the best free website to practice Playwright test automation online?

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Does Playwright Pad support both JavaScript and TypeScript?

Yes. Both TypeScript and JavaScript are fully supported across all coding tracks, interactive sandboxes, IDE execution, and certification assessments.

Why should QA teams choose Playwright over Selenium or Cypress?

Playwright features native auto-waiting on elements (eliminating flaky sleeps), runs 3x-5x faster over direct Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) WebSocket connections, supports multi-tab and multi-origin testing out of the box, and provides native network mocking with page.route().

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Stage 4: Page States & Dialogsintermediate

Test Suites & Configurations

Organize tests with hooks, write configurations, target multiple browser projects, and manage parallel runs.

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0/30

Solved

~8h

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Points

Modules

9 Modules

Module 1: Config Deep Dive

Deconstruct testDir, timeouts, assertion limits, process.env variables, test artifacts captures, webServer setups, and forbidOnly rules.

0/6 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Define config baseline rules defineConfigtimeout	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Configuring assertion timeout thresholds expecttimeout	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Load configs from environment env process.env	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Auto-capture screenshots videos traces trace	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Configuring dev servers webServer webServerbaseURL	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Prevent commit test.only CI errors forbidOnly	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 2: Mobile Emulation

Emulate viewports, user agents, GPS coordinates, dark/light theme schemes, permissions, and network status.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Mobile Device Emulation viewport devicesviewport	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Enabling isMobile hasTouch options isMobilehasTouch	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Set geolocation credentials contexts geolocationpermissions	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Color scheme dark light emulations colorScheme	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 3: Visual Captures

Capture viewport screenshot, capture full scrollable pages, locate element snapshots, and save failures video files.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Capture Viewport Screenshot PNG page.screenshotscreenshot	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Capture full scrollable page snapshot fullPage	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Capture element screenshot selector screenshot	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Record video profiles on failures video	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 4: Multi-Browser

Set browser engine targets, configure channels, launch specific browser targets, and conditionally skip specs.

0/3 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Configure browser projects matrix projects	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Select runner browser projects CLI project	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Skip tests conditionally on browsers test.skipbrowserName	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 5: Tagging & Filters

Append tag labels to titles, run tests by tags, skip/exclude suites, and annotate broken test files.

0/3 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Tagging test suites @tag labels @	basic	10pts	Start Track
Run tests matching tag search grep grep	basic	10pts	Start Track
Mark broken suites test.fixme annotation fixme	basic	10pts	Start Track

Module 6: JS Page Execution

Evaluate browser-side script loops, pass arguments to page evaluations, add init scripts, and fetch storage states.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Execute browser Javascript evaluate page.evaluateevaluate	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Pass arguments to page evaluations page.evaluateevaluate	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Inject scripts on page load initialization page.addInitScriptaddInitScript	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Access localStorage and sessionStorage fields localStorage	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 7: Parallel & Sharding

Configure parallel worker processes, prevent race conditions, shard test suites, and merge test report files.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Enable fullyParallel test threads fullyParallel	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Shard test suites parallel CI runners shard	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 8: Scale & Architecture

Structure folder files, export imports using barrel indexes, and config environments extensions.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Organize tests by domain features describe	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Export imports using barrel index files export	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 9: Test Data Management

Generate fake data profiles, load dotenv configurations, seed database state, and clean up test data.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Generate fake test data via Faker faker	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Seed database state before test runs beforeEach	advanced	30pts	Start Track