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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 5: Network & CI/CD Pipelinesadvanced

Network Control & CI/CD

Monitor requests, intercept/mock APIs, block heavy assets, and deploy pipelines in GitHub Actions.

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Modules

13 Modules

Module 1: Navigation Control

Control browser page routing: page.goto loads, page.goBack redirects, page.reload resets, and page.url captures.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Navigate page.goto waitUntil parameters page.gotowaitUntil	basic	10pts	Start Track
	Browser history navigate page.goBack page.goBackgoBack	basic	10pts	Start Track

Module 2: Route Interception

Intercept outgoing requests, abort heavy stylesheet/image assets, mockup response JSON bodies, and verify API headers.

0/4 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Intercept network requests page.route page.routeroute	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Block stylesheets images assets route.abortabort	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Mock API JSON response body fulfills route.fulfillfulfill	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Modify headers request route.continue route.continuecontinue	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 3: Authentication

Save browser context storageState cookies, load sessions configurations, cache logins, and verify cookies.

0/3 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Save browser cookies storageState JSON storageState	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Pre-load login states global setups storageState	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Manage multiple logins contexts storage storageState	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 4: API Testing

Request backend REST endpoints using built-in request clients, verify status ok, and pre-seed databases.

0/3 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Request backend APIs direct request request.getget	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Assert response status toBeOK method toBeOK	intermediate	20pts	Start Track
Pre-seed test users databases APIs request.postpost	intermediate	20pts	Start Track

Module 5: Visual Regression

Compare layouts against saved screenshots, update baselines, and mask dynamic text elements.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Visual regression toHaveScreenshot matches toHaveScreenshot	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Mask dynamic timestamps layout compares mask	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 6: Diagnostics & Traces

Enable trace file collection options, and record traces programmatically.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Enable trace files capture configurations trace	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Record traces programmatically chunk tracing	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 7: CI/CD Pipelines

Create GitHub Actions runner files, upload reports as artifacts, and verify build execution pipelines.

0/3 SOLVED

Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
Github Actions pipeline workflow YAML workflow	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Publish report folder artifact actions artifact	advanced	30pts	Start Track
Bootstrap local dev servers webServer webServer	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 8: Custom Reporters

Implement custom test reporters, capture run events, and configure multiple reporters.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Custom reporters interfaces callbacks reporter	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Configure multiple reporters list html reporter	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 9: Performance & Load

Extract page performance metrics using navigation API, and throttle network latency and CPU speeds.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Measure Navigation Timing performance API performance	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Throttle CPU speeds network connections emulateNetworkConditions	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 10: Component Testing

Mount UI components inside browsers, verify props inputs, and assert callbacks events.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Mount React component CT browser tests mount	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Component updates updates CT assert update	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 11: Automation & Scraping

Automate browsers standalone scripts, extract data list, and export pages PDF documents.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Scraping text contents chromium launch chromium.launchtextContent	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Export PDF documents pages automation page.pdfpdf	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 12: Debug & Flakiness

Execute debug mode inspectors, pause executions, catch page errors, and analyze flakiness.

0/2 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Debug tests using browser --debug flag debug	advanced	30pts	Start Track
	Listen to page errors uncaught exceptions page.onpageerror	advanced	30pts	Start Track

Module 13: Playwright Internals

Inspect auto-waiting loops, play with CDP protocols, and analyze ElementHandles.

0/1 SOLVED

Status	Drill Title	Difficulty	Points	Action
	Auto-waiting actionability polling loops expect	advanced	30pts	Start Track