Playwright Quick Start for Testers (TypeScript) with Automation Tech Guru

From manual test cases to your first automated suite in 14 days.

10 hands-on tasks, a 14-day plan, Page Objects, data-driven tests and a GitHub-ready project. Written for manual testers with no coding background.

Are you a manual tester who wants to start automation but doesn't know where to begin?

This is a step-by-step PDF guide that takes you from an empty folder to a small, working Playwright + TypeScript test suite. No coding background needed. You already know what to test; this guide shows you how to write those checks in code.

WHAT YOU GET

- 21-page PDF guide (instant download)

- 14-day practice plan, about 45 to 60 minutes a day

- 10 hands-on tasks on a public practice shopping site (login, cart, sorting, checkout)

- Ready-to-copy, type-checked code for every example

- Manual-to-Playwright translation table (test case, steps, expected result, test data)

- A glossary of the terms you will hear in interviews

WHAT'S INSIDE

1. Why Playwright with TypeScript

2. Setup on your computer (Node.js, VS Code, first run)

3. Think like an automation tester

4. Your first test, line by line

5. Locators: how Playwright finds elements (and how to use Codegen)

6. Actions and assertions, and how auto-waiting works

7. TypeScript you actually need, in one page

8. A real test: login

9. Page Object Model

10. Data-driven tests

11. Debugging: UI mode, the debugger, reports and traces

12. The config file explained

13. 10 practice tasks with hints

14. 14-day practice plan

15. Putting your project on GitHub

16. Common beginner mistakes

17. Glossary

18. Where to go next

Appendix: solutions for two of the tasks

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE AFTER 14 DAYS

- A Playwright + TypeScript project running on your own computer

- 10 automated tests for a practice site

- A Page Object class and a data-driven test that you wrote yourself

- An HTML report, screenshots and a trace for failed tests

- A repository on your own GitHub profile that you can show in interviews

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

- You are a manual tester who has never written automation code

- You tried Selenium or Playwright once and got stuck at setup

- You want a clear first project before joining a longer program

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF

- You want a job guarantee. Moving from manual to automation takes months of practice, and this guide does not promise a job

- You already build Playwright frameworks. This is a beginner guide

GOOD TO KNOW

- Format: PDF, to read on any device. You will need a laptop to practise.

- The tasks use a public practice website (saucedemo.com). Public sites can change, so the guide shows you how to find a new locator if one breaks.

- Free software only: Node.js, VS Code and Playwright.

WANT LIVE SESSIONS AND CODE REVIEW?

This guide is self-paced. For live, instructor-led training with feedback, see the next batch: tejpalchannel.github.io/training-program