Part 1 · FoundationsBeginner25 min read
10. Checkpoint · Foundations
Playwright with Python · 244 pages source format
Gate before Part 2: origin story, setup, hierarchy, and a working first script. Don’t skip — later chapters assume this floor.
What you'll learn
- Explain Playwright in interview terms
- Reproduce setup from memory
- Draw the architecture
Pass criteria
You are ready for Part 2 when you can do all of the following without notes.
- Explain Puppeteer lineage + three creation gaps in under two minutes
- Create a venv, install pytest-playwright, run playwright install
- Draw Browser → BrowserContext → Page and say where cookies live
- Run a headed script that goto’s a URL and asserts the title
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Self-check quiz
Use this as a cold check before you open Part 2.
Quick check
Where should per-test cookies/login state live?
Do this now
Close the docs. Reinstall in a fresh folder from memory. Time yourself.
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