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Playwright Pro Automation KitC#

A production-ready Playwright framework in C#. .NET 8. NUnit. Azure DevOps CI/CD. Page object model. Auth state reuse. FluentAssertions. Bogus factories. $199.

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##Everything included: POM, NUnit fixtures, auth reuse, Allure, CI/CD

Ten production-grade pieces of a C# Playwright test automation framework — wired together, documented, and ready to ship.

Real-Data Module ↓

Drop in a Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB connection string and pull random rows straight from your real DB — no mocks, no fixtures to maintain. Unicode + apostrophe + locale safety, seeded reproducibility, and an identifier-injection guard on every query. CI-verified against live databases every release.

Page Object Model in C#

BasePage + LoginPage, InventoryPage, and CartPage fully implemented. Add a new page in minutes — the pattern is there, the ceremony is done.

NUnit Test Fixtures

PlaywrightFixture and BaseTest handle browser lifecycle, context creation, and teardown. Tests inherit and go — no boilerplate repeated per file.

Multi-user Auth State Reuse

SetUpFixture saves browser storage state per user role once. Subsequent tests skip login entirely. Real parallel safety, not shared-state hacks.

FluentAssertions

Readable assertions throughout: result.Should().Be(...), collection.Should().HaveCount(2). Failure messages that actually explain what went wrong.

Bogus Data Factories

Deterministic seeded fakes for users, products, and orders via Bogus. No brittle hard-coded strings, no shared test accounts stepping on each other.

Allure Reporting

Allure.NUnit decorators wired from day one. Run allure serve after a test run and get a full visual report. Ready for CI artifact publishing.

Parallel Execution

.runsettings pre-tuned for parallel workers. Opt-in per fixture — run fast by default, isolate flaky suites with a single attribute.

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Main pipeline + nightly cross-browser run + sharded templates. UseDotNet@2, dotnet restore, Playwright install, test, and PublishTestResults all wired.

GitHub Actions

Equivalent ci.yml matrix build. Same logic as the Azure pipeline — browser matrix, dotnet version matrix, artifact upload on failure.

Docker Mocks

Mockoon + Nginx containers for offline end-to-end dev. Run a full test suite against deterministic mock APIs without a live environment.

##What the code looks like

Real snippets from the kit. C#-idiomatic, page-object-driven, fixture-first.

src/PlaywrightPro/Pages/LoginPage.csusing Microsoft.Playwright;

namespace PlaywrightPro.Pages;

public class LoginPage : BasePage
{
    public LoginPage(IPage page) : base(page) { }

    public ILocator Username => Page.Locator("[data-test='username']");
    public ILocator Password => Page.Locator("[data-test='password']");
    public ILocator LoginButton => Page.Locator("[data-test='login-button']");

    public async Task LoginAsync(string user, string pass)
    {
        await Username.FillAsync(user);
        await Password.FillAsync(pass);
        await LoginButton.ClickAsync();
    }
}
tests/PlaywrightPro.Tests/UI/InventoryAndCartTests.cs[TestFixture]
[Category("UI")]
public class InventoryAndCartTests : AuthenticatedBaseTest
{
    public InventoryAndCartTests() : base(AuthUser.StandardUser) { }

    [Test]
    public async Task AddingTwoItems_UpdatesCartBadge()
    {
        var inventory = new InventoryPage(Page);
        await inventory.GoToAsync();
        await inventory.AddFirstTwoToCartAsync();
        var badge = await inventory.CartBadgeTextAsync();
        badge.Should().Be("2");
    }
}
ci/azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.ymltrigger:
  - main

pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

steps:
  - task: UseDotNet@2
    inputs:
      version: 8.x
  - script: dotnet restore
  - script: pwsh src/PlaywrightPro/bin/Debug/net8.0/playwright.ps1 install --with-deps
  - script: dotnet test --logger 'trx' --collect 'XPlat Code Coverage'
  - task: PublishTestResults@2
    condition: always()
    inputs:
      testResultsFormat: VSTest
      testResultsFiles: '**/*.trx'

##Where this kit sits next to the alternatives

Raw .NET setup, BDD stacks, and the TypeScript edition — how they compare.

// vs. raw Microsoft.Playwright + NUnit

Rolling your own setup means weeks of plumbing: page object conventions, fixture lifecycle, auth state strategy, CI pipeline templates, reporter config. This kit ships all of it wired and tested. You start at week 4, not day 1.

// vs. SpecFlow / Reqnroll BDD stacks

Gherkin is a layer that helps stakeholders read tests — and slows engineers down writing them. This kit is straight NUnit, no Gherkin, no step definition ceremony. Code is readable without a DSL in the way.

// vs. the TypeScript Edition

Same architecture, same patterns — C# instead of TypeScript. If your team lives in .NET, this is the natural choice. Bundle both in the Complete Stack bundle — or see the TypeScript edition.

// real-data module

##Test against your real data, not mocks

Drop in a connection string and pull random rows straight from your Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB. Unicode names, apostrophes, NULLs, weird locales — all the production data that breaks mock-based tests gets exercised every run.

Drop-in. No fixtures to maintain.

  • One line to connect — Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB
  • Random rows or filtered rows, with seeded reproducibility
  • Unicode + apostrophe + locale safety baked in
  • Identifier-injection guard on every table/column name
  • UI assertions that compare DOM text to the actual DB row
Tests/CheckoutTests.csusing Framework.Services.RealData;

var db = RealData.Create(new PostgresConfig {
    Url = Env.Get("DB_URL")
});
await db.ConnectAsync();

// Pull a real customer with a real order from your DB
var customer = (await db.GetRandomRowsAsync("customers", new RandomQueryOptions {
    Count = 1,
    Where = Where.Eq("tier", "enterprise"),
    Seed = "checkout-fixture-1",  // reproducible across runs
})).First();

await Page.GotoAsync($"/account/{customer["id"]}");
await Expect.FieldsMatchRow(Page, customer, new FieldMap {
    ["name"]    = Page.Locator("[data-test=name]"),
    ["email"]   = Page.Locator("[data-test=email]"),
    ["country"] = Page.Locator("[data-test=country]"),
});

Verified in CI every release

Every release runs the kit's full test suite against ephemeral Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB containers in GitHub Actions. The proof image just below this section is the actual terminal output of that run — no edits, no rebuilds.

  • 30 round-trip tests against live DBs (10 per adapter)
  • Unicode round-trip: Müller, 山田, García, Lefèvre
  • Apostrophe round-trip: O'Hara
  • SQL identifier-injection guard test suite
  • Seeded reproducibility — same seed = same row, every run

See the proof image below ↓

##Proof it works

Real CI runs. Every push to main runs the full test matrix on GitHub Actions — and we don’t hide the failures. Latest green run below.

Last updated . Tests repo is private — screenshots are live captures from the GitHub Actions UI.

##Questions .NET QA engineers ask

Why .NET 8 instead of .NET 6?

.NET 8 is the current LTS release and ships with meaningful performance improvements in async throughput. The kit targets net8.0 — if your org is locked to .NET 6, the code is compatible with a single TFM change in the csproj.

Does it work with Visual Studio AND VS Code / Rider?

Yes. The solution is standard .sln + .csproj — open it in any of the three. VS Code users get full IntelliSense via the C# Dev Kit extension. Rider users get it out of the box.

Why NUnit instead of xUnit or MSTest?

NUnit's TestFixture lifecycle maps cleanly onto the browser-per-fixture pattern Playwright recommends, and SetUpFixture gives you one-time global setup without static hacks. xUnit and MSTest are fine — this kit is opinionated about NUnit because the plumbing works better.

Can I run this in an Azure DevOps pipeline?

That's the default case. The kit ships with a production-grade azure-pipelines.yml that installs .NET 8, restores packages, runs the Playwright install script, executes tests, and publishes .trx results to the Azure test dashboard.

Is API testing supported?

Yes. Microsoft.Playwright exposes IAPIRequestContext — the kit includes examples of API setup/teardown alongside UI tests and standalone API contract tests using the same fixture infrastructure.

How does the multi-user auth reuse work?

SetUpFixture runs once before the test session. It logs in as each user role and saves browser storage state (cookies + localStorage) to disk. AuthenticatedBaseTest loads the saved state into a fresh BrowserContext — tests start already logged in, no UI login flow per test.

I already own the TypeScript edition — is there a bundle?

Yes — the Complete Stack bundle ($499) includes every kit, including both TypeScript and C# editions. Message after purchase for an upgrade coupon if you already own the TypeScript edition.

Is there support?

Yes. Email support is included with purchase — typical reply within 24 hours. You can also use the contact form on the site for any pre-sales questions.

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