6-Week JS + TS + Playwright Plan

 

Week 1 – JavaScript Foundations for QA

🎯 Goal: Understand enough JS to write test scripts.

• Variables (let, const), data types

• Arrays & objects (storing test data)

• Loops & conditionals (for, while, if)

• Functions (regular + arrow)

• Practice: Write a function that validates login data (e.g., check if username/password are not empty).

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Week 2 – Async JS & TypeScript Basics

🎯 Goal: Handle async operations & learn TS essentials.

• Promise, async/await (critical for Playwright steps)

• Error handling with try/catch

• TypeScript basics:

  • Types (string, number, boolean)

  • Interfaces (useful for test data structures)

  • Classes (foundation for Page Object Model)

• Practice: Write a TS function that returns a user object with type safety.

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Week 3 – Playwright Setup & First Tests

🎯 Goal: Install Playwright + write basic test scripts.

• Install Node.js & Playwright (npm init playwright@latest)

• Understand Playwright test runner (npx playwright test)

• Write first tests:

  • Open page, check title

  • Login form automation (page.fill(), page.click(), expect())

• Run tests in headed vs headless mode.

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Week 4 – Assertions, Locators & Test Structure

🎯 Goal: Build confidence with Playwright features.

• Locators (getByRole, getByText, CSS selectors)

• Assertions (toHaveURL, toHaveText, toBeVisible)

• Organizing tests with suites (test.describe)

• Hooks (beforeEach, afterEach) for setup/teardown

• Practice: Automate login → search → add-to-cart flow on SauceDemo.

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Week 5 – Page Object Model & API Testing

🎯 Goal: Make tests clean & scalable.

• Implement Page Object Model (POM)

  • Create a LoginPage.ts and DashboardPage.ts

  • Reuse methods across tests

• API testing with Playwright (request.get, request.post)

• Practice:

  • Automate login using POM

  • Call ReqRes API and validate JSON response.

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Week 6 – Data-Driven Testing, CI/CD & Mini Project

🎯 Goal: Build real-world test automation workflow.

• Data-driven testing with arrays/JSON

• Debugging: screenshots, video recording, Playwright trace viewer

• CI/CD: Run tests in GitHub Actions

• Mini Project 🎉:

  • Choose a demo site (SauceDemo, DemoQA, Parabank)

  • Automate full flow: login → perform action → validate result

  • Add API validation + POM + CI/CD

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✅ End Result After 6 Weeks

You’ll be able to:

• Write Playwright tests in TypeScript

• Use POM for clean test design

• Automate UI + API flows

• Run tests in CI/CD pipelines

• Build a portfolio project to show employers 💼

Where to Learn JS & TS for QA (Playwright-focused)

🎥 YouTube (free, QA-focused)

• LambdaTest Playwright Playlist – practical tests with JS/TS

• Let’s Code (Playwright + TS) – step-by-step automation tutorials

🌐 Free Learning Platforms

• Test Automation University (by Applitools) → https://testautomationu.applitools.com
  Courses:

  • “Playwright with TypeScript”

  • “JavaScript Fundamentals for Testers”

📘 Paid but Worth It

• Udemy: Playwright with TypeScript from Scratch → focused 100% on automation (not generic coding).

• Udemy: JavaScript for Testers → skips unnecessary dev stuff, goes straight to testing.