Building a Playwright Training Environment Around Real CI Failures

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In today’s world of software engineering, proficiency in just one tool is not enough. Broad expertise in modern tooling is essential. You might be a Senior AQA engineer with 10+ years of Selenium experience, but when the time comes to enter a job search, you may discover a skills gap, one that isn't easily closed. That’s why it is crucial to stay up to date and learn both new tools and approaches, as well as those that have long been established.

Guided by this principle, I recently decided to explore Playwright and found that there aren't many free, customizable "practice environments" available. Most approaches follow the same simple formula: pick any website, open the test framework's documentation, and have fun.

That works only until you run headfirst into flaky tests and endless debugging sessions. This approach is definitely simple, but its efficiency is questionable. Moreover, professional growth requires guidance, feedback,...

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