Playwright automation tool | How to install playwright and run first test

To install playwright automation tool, you need to have the npm installed in your machine as prerequisite, if you plan to write tests with JavaScript and TypeScript. Run the below npm command to install playwright

> npm install playwright

It will ask you first whether you want to install it for TypeScript or JavaScript. Choose your preferred language and keep hitting continue and yes and no accordingly to next steps.

After the installation, you need to create a package.json and initialize a project using the command

> npm init playwright

Then go to you visual Studio Code for good feel of the project structure and example.spec.js file under the tests folder. Now hit below command to run the tests

> npx playwright test

It will run all the tests in the tests folder as chosen during installation of playwright. It will run the test in the background and logs with be displayed in the terminal. To run in ui mode with the display to the playwright screen use this:

> npx playwright test--ui

To run in the Headed mode with the view of the browser use this :-

npx playwright test --headed