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Stage 4: Page States & Dialogsintermediate

Page States & Dialogs

Automate advanced interactions: iframes, JavaScript alerts, file transfers, and popup windows.

Status0% Complete

0/30

Solved

~9h

Hours

0/680

Points

Modules

6 Modules

Module 1: Page Object Model

Implement Page Object Models, construct locators inside class variables, create action/assertion methods, and group components.

0/6 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Page Object Model Design Pattern LoginPage	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Defining POM Locators in constructor this.usernameInputconstructor	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
POM class action login method login	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
POM class assertion verification verifyTitle	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Using Page Objects in spec files LoginPage	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Component Object Navigation Navbar Navbar	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 2: Fixtures & Hooks

Structure test suites hooks: beforeAll, afterAll, beforeEach, afterEach, and extend custom fixtures setups.

0/6 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Group Setups using beforeAll hook test.beforeAllbeforeAll	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Group Teardowns using afterAll hook test.afterAllafterAll	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Running setup inside beforeEach test.beforeEachbeforeEach	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Running cleanup inside afterEach test.afterEachafterEach	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Built-in fixtures page context browser pagecontextbrowser	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Creating Custom Fixtures extend test.extendextend	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 3: File Transfers

Handle file uploads, upload from buffer, manage file choosers, wait for downloads, and save files.

0/6 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Listening for File Chooser events waitForEventfilechooser	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Wait for file downloads events waitForEventdownload	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Extracting path and suggested filename suggestedFilename	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Save download files locally saveAs	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Cancel running download streams cancel	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Upload virtual files from Buffer setInputFiles	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 4: Tabs & Contexts

Manage multi-tab workflows, capture popups, orchestrate isolated contexts, and close sessions.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Manage multiple tabs context pages context.pagespages	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Popup Page Capture and asserts waitForEventpopup	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Creating multiple isolated contexts browser.newContextnewContext	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Close secondary context sessions context.closeclose	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 5: Iframes & Dialogs

Traverse iframe scopes, handle nested frames, and accept/dismiss browser JS dialog events.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Iframe Element access frameLocator page.frameLocatorframeLocator	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Locating Frames by name or URL page.frameframe	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Chaining Nested frameLocator rules frameLocator	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Handling window alert dialogs page.ondialog	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 6: Custom Fixtures

Extend test scopes, manage worker fixtures, yield values with use(), and write auto fixtures.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Test-scoped custom fixtures setups test.extendextend	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Worker-scoped fixtures shared states worker	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Fixtures Teardowns post use yield use	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Auto Fixtures running automatically auto	advanced	30pts	Start Track