Master modern test automation from the ground up using Playwright, industry best practices, Page Object Models, BDD, Git, CI/CD and AI-assisted development.
Learn through structured written lessons, practical coding exercises, downloadable templates, AI prompt packs, and a complete portfolio project.
Ready to move into automation.
Wanting to improve framework design and maintainability.
Building automation alongside manual testing.
Looking for modern Playwright practices.
Building sustainable automation capability.
Designing automation strategies for organisations.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
12 modules of guided written lessons, practical coding exercises, downloads, AI prompt packs and knowledge checks — building to a complete portfolio framework.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Review twenty sample test cases and decide which should be automated.
Knowledge Check: Reflection questions
Lessons
Practical Activity
Create feature files for Login, Checkout and Registration.
AI Prompt Pack
“Review my Gherkin feature file for readability, ambiguity and missing scenarios.”
Lessons
Practical Activity
Convert feature files into working step definitions.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Build your first Playwright automation suite.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Create Page Objects for: Login, Dashboard, Shopping Basket, Checkout.
AI Prompt Pack
“Review this Page Object and improve maintainability.”
Lessons
Practical Activity
Create reusable test data.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Refactor the framework into a reusable structure.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Automate a public REST API.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Connect your framework to GitHub and execute automated tests using GitHub Actions.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Improve an automation framework using AI.
Lessons
Practical Activity
Refactor an intentionally poor framework.
Project includes
Practical Activity
Build an entire automation framework and submit a GitHub repository URL for self-review against the model solution.
This course is practical — there is no traditional exam.
Every template, cheat sheet and checklist you need to build automation frameworks like a professional.
Complete the modules, practical exercises and final framework project to earn your Inside STLC Academy Certificate of Completion for Practical Test Automation with Playwright — with your name, completion date, and a unique certificate ID.
Basic programming knowledge is helpful, but the course starts from the fundamentals.
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Yes, every module contains AI Prompt Packs.
Join Inside STLC Academy and ship production-ready Playwright automation with confidence.