How AI Turned Me into a Playwright Wizard (Overnight and Without a Clue)

Once upon a time, in a land filled with legacy test frameworks and stale documentation, a brave automation tester (me) decided to embark on an epic quest: Setting up Playwright.

Did I have experience with Playwright? Nope.
Did I care? Also nope.
Did I have AI by my side? Absolutely.

Why Even Try?

Look, as an automation tester, I tend to stick with what works. I mean, if a tool runs my tests, why mess with it? But every now and then, an opportunity arises to experiment with something new—whether out of necessity, curiosity, or sheer boredom. This time, Playwright caught my attention, and with AI as my trusty sidekick, I was off to the races.

Step 1: Let AI Do the Heavy Lifting

Back in the olden days (aka pre-AI times), setting up a test automation framework meant:
☠️ Digging through outdated documentation
💀 Copy-pasting error messages into Google
⚰️ Watching my soul leave my body as I debugged for hours

But this time? I outsourced my brainpower to AI.

Here’s what I asked it to do:
✅ Generate Gherkin tests to perform basic site navigation.
✅ Spit out a Playwright test script (because why do it myself?).
✅ Give me step-by-step setup instructions for Playwright on a Mac using VS Code.
✅ Explain how to integrate GitHub and GitHub Actions because I enjoy pushing buttons and watching things work.

I didn’t even lift a finger—except to copy-paste AI’s glorious wisdom into my terminal.

Step 2: Reality Check—Tests Don’t Pass Themselves

Within minutes, I had Playwright installed, tests written, and GitHub ready to go. Then, I ran my first test.

🚨 Immediate Failure. 🚨

Ah, yes. The “real work” part of automation.

Turns out, AI may be fast, but it’s not perfect (yet). So I rolled up my sleeves, fixed some test selectors, and before long... BOOM! Tests passed locally.

Step 3: Automate Everything & Feel Like a Genius

With local tests working, I pushed everything to GitHub. Thanks to AI’s guidance, I even wired up GitHub Actions to run the tests in the cloud—so now my tests run automatically without me lifting a finger. (Truly, the dream.)

Final Thoughts (Or: Why AI Is My New Best Friend)

Setting up Playwright manually? Days of effort.
Setting it up with AI? Less than a day.
Feeling like a wizard because tests magically run? Priceless.

Moral of the story? AI won’t replace automation testers, but it will make us lazier—er, I mean, more efficient. The only question is: How fast can you let AI do the boring stuff so you can focus on the fun part?

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have more AI-generated sorcery to explore. ✨

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