This document outlines a highly effective and scalable pattern for organizing Playwright end-to-end tests using a combination of the Page Object Model (POM) and Component Object Model (COM). This approach dramatically enhances code reusability, improves test readability, and ensures maintainability as your application and test suite grow.
In the realm of automated testing, particularly with frameworks like Playwright, managing selectors and test logic can become complex. Unstructured test suites often lead to brittle tests that are hard to understand and expensive to maintain. The POM and COM patterns address this by encapsulating the interactions and elements of your web application into dedicated objects.
- Page Object Model (POM): Represents a distinct page within your web application. It abstracts the underlying HTML structure, providing high-level methods to interact with page elements and query their state. Thi