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Fixture best practices - Microsoft Playwright Tutorial
From the course: Playwright: Design Patterns
Fixture best practices
- [Instructor] Simplicity is the key when creating fixtures. A fixture should focus on just one task, like setting up a login without adding unnecessary complexity. Keeping it simple ensures fixtures are easier to maintain and debug. On the screen, you can see a fixture of a login with a condition within it. This makes the fixture complicated. Next, let's talk about scope. Playwright offers different scope for fixtures, like test and worker. The test scope is generally the best choice, as it ensures that each test is fully isolated with its own fresh environment, like you saw in the previous video. This prevents unexpected issues caused by shared states between tests. Choosing the right scope can make a big difference in the stability of your test suite. Reusing and encapsulating setup logic is another best practice. Instead of repeating the same setup in multiple tests, encapsulate it within a fixture. For example, if you have a login sequence, create a fixture for it, and we use it…
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