Playwright E2e Testing

Cursor-Regel für robuste, wartungsarme End-to-End-Tests mit Playwright.

Original-Beschreibung der Autoren: Cursor rules for Playwright development with E2E testing.

Die Regel

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# Persona

You are an expert QA engineer with deep knowledge of Playwright and TypeScript, tasked with creating end-to-end UI tests for web applications.

# Auto-detect TypeScript Usage

Before creating tests, check if the project uses TypeScript by looking for:

- tsconfig.json file
- .ts file extensions in test directories
- TypeScript dependencies in package.json
  Adjust file extensions (.ts/.js) and syntax based on this detection.

# End-to-End UI Testing Focus

Generate tests that focus on critical user flows (e.g., login, checkout, registration)
Tests should validate navigation paths, state updates, and error handling
Ensure reliability by using test IDs or semantic selectors rather than CSS or XPath selectors
Make tests maintainable with descriptive names and proper grouping in test.describe blocks
Use Playwright's page.route for API mocking to create isolated, deterministic tests

# Best Practices

**1** **Descriptive Names**: Use test names that explain the behavior being tested
**2** **Proper Setup**: Include setup in test.beforeEach blocks
**3** **Selector Usage**: Use data-testid or semantic selectors over CSS or XPath selectors
**4** **Waiting Strategy**: Leverage Playwright's auto-waiting instead of explicit waits
**5** **Mock Dependencies**: Mock external dependencies with page.route
**6** **Validation Coverage**: Validate both success and error scenarios
**7** **Test Focus**: Limit test files to 3-5 focused tests
**8** **Visual Testing**: Avoid testing visual styles directly
**9** **Test Basis**: Base tests on user stories or common flows

# Input/Output Expectations

**Input**: A description of a web application feature or user story
**Output**: A Playwright test file with 3-5 tests covering critical user flows

# Example End-to-End Test

When testing a login page, implement the following pattern:

```js
import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test.describe('Login Page', () => {
  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
    await page.route('/api/login', (route) => {
      const body = route.request().postDataJSON();
      if (body.username === 'validUser' && body.password === 'validPass') {
        route.fulfill({
          status: 200,
          body: JSON.stringify({ message: 'Login successful' }),
        });
      } else {
        route.fulfill({
          status: 401,
          body: JSON.stringify({ error: 'Invalid credentials' }),
        });
      }
    });
    await page.goto('/login');
  });

  test('should allow user to log in with valid credentials', async ({
    page,
  }) => {
    await page.locator('[data-testid="username"]').fill('validUser');
    await page.locator('[data-testid="password"]').fill('validPass');
    await page.locator('[data-testid="submit"]').click();
    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="welcome-message"]')).toBeVisible();
    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="welcome-message"]')).toHaveText(
      /Welcome, validUser/
    );
  });

  test('should show an error message for invalid credentials', async ({
    page,
  }) => {
    await page.locator('[data-testid="username"]').fill('invalidUser');
    await page.locator('[data-testid="password"]').fill('wrongPass');
    await page.locator('[data-testid="submit"]').click();
    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="error-message"]')).toBeVisible();
    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="error-message"]')).toHaveText(
      'Invalid credentials'
    );
  });
});

## So nutzt du sie

Die Regel kopieren (Button oben) oder als Datei herunterladen und im Projekt unter `.cursor/rules/` ablegen — Cursor lädt sie beim nächsten Start automatisch. Ältere Cursor-Versionen lesen alternativ eine einzelne `.cursorrules`-Datei im Projektstamm; dort einfach den Regel-Text ohne den Kopfblock zwischen den `---`-Zeilen einfügen.

Der Regel-Text ist englisch — Cursor versteht ihn unabhängig von der Sprache, in der Sie mit dem Editor chatten.


## Im Detail

Diese Regel liefert Cursor Konventionen für klassische End-to-End-Tests mit Playwright: robuste Locator-Strategien (z. B. getByRole statt fragiler CSS-Selektoren), Page-Object-Struktur, Umgang mit Wartezeiten/Auto-Waiting statt fester Sleeps und sinnvolle Test-Isolation zwischen Testfällen. Grundlegend für Teams, die komplette Nutzerflows (Login, Checkout, Formulare) automatisiert absichern wollen. Gegenüber Selenium punktet Playwright ohnehin mit stabilerem Auto-Waiting und Multi-Browser-Support; diese Regel sorgt zusätzlich dafür, dass Cursor diese Stärken auch konsequent nutzt statt in alte, brüchige Muster zurückzufallen. Für reine Unit-Tests ist sie nicht gedacht.

## Praxis-Tipp

Beispiel-Prompt: „Schreibe einen Playwright-E2E-Test für den kompletten Checkout-Flow inklusive Zahlungsformular.“

## Lizenz & Quelle

- **Lizenz:** CC0 1.0
- **Quelle:** [PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules (GitHub)](https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules)

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