Browser Automation with Python: Selenium and Playwright

Manually testing websites, filling out endless forms, and extracting web data by hand is slow and prone to errors. Learning to automate these tasks with Python allows you to interact with any website programmatically, saving time and unlocking powerful capabilities in web scraping and quality assurance. This text-based course guides you from writing your very first automation script to handling complex web interactions with confidence. You will transition from a complete beginner to a capable automation developer, understanding how to control browsers, extract structured data, and handle dynamic web elements safely and efficiently. What you'll learn: - Understand the core concepts of browser automation and how web drivers communicate with modern browsers - Write Python scripts using Selenium and Playwright to open pages, click elements, and fill out forms automatically - Locate web elements reliably using CSS selectors, XPath, and modern text-based locators - Handle dynamic content, asynchronous loading, and complex wait strategies to prevent flaky scripts - Structure clean automation code using modern Python practices, including type hints and basic testing patterns with pytest - Extract, parse, and save web data systematically while respecting website structures and rate limits The course begins with foundational definitions, web protocols, and setup instructions. You will then progress through structured, text-guided exercises that cover both Selenium and Playwright, comparing their strengths and applying them to real-world scenarios. This course is designed for beginners, aspiring QA engineers, data analysts, and Python hobbyists who want to automate web tasks. No prior automation experience is required, though a basic understanding of Python variables and functions is helpful. Start reading today to build your own custom browser automation scripts.