webapp-testing

Automate UI testing with Playwright by writing tests that interact with web app elements, then use reconnaissance patterns like network idle waits and server health checks to stabilize test execution. The Skill provides orchestrated server lifecycle management and debugging patterns for reliable, non-flaky tests.

Reconnaissance-before-action verifies server state, network conditions, and DOM readiness before executing UI interactions. This approach prevents flaky tests by confirming the application is fully loaded and stable—through lsof checks, curl validation, and networkidle waits—before Playwright interacts with elements.

Use with_server.py to orchestrate server startup, health validation, and teardown within your test workflow. This ensures your local development server or multi-server stack is running and responsive before Playwright tests execute, eliminating timing failures.

Yes. Playwright, combined with reconnaissance patterns for DOM and visual checks, handles dynamic content and regression testing. The Skill covers wait strategies like domcontentloaded and networkidle, plus debugging support for both single servers and complex stacks.

You need Python and Playwright installed as dependencies. Before writing tests, verify your local server state using lsof and curl commands to confirm it's accessible, then structure tests to wait for network idle or DOM content loaded before interacting with UI elements.

Intermittent failures usually stem from timing issues—the server not ready, network still loading, or DOM incomplete. This Skill provides debugging patterns including server health checks, screenshot capture, and wait-strategy guidance to identify and eliminate flakiness in UI interactions and form submissions.