Built a PW+TS framework. What's the best way to gain real world, enterprise-level experience?
Hi everyone,
I've been learning Playwright with TypeScript over the past few months, and instead of just following tutorials, I built my own UI automation framework from scratch.
So far my framework includes:
Page Object Model
Fixtures
Data-driven testing
Environment configuration (.env)
Screenshots, videos and traces
Reporting
Parallel execution
The framework is working well, but I feel like I've reached the point where tutorials and courses aren't teaching me anything new.
What I really want now is practical, industry-level experience.
I'm not looking for another course. Instead, I want to build something that exposes me to real-world automation challenges such as:
Complex user workflows
Multi-page business processes
Dynamic UI handling
Network mocking
Authentication/session management
File uploads/downloads
API + UI integration
Advanced Playwright features used in production
Can anyone recommend:
A website or open-source application that's complex enough to automate?
A project idea that resembles what SDETs automate in real companies?
How you personally moved from "knowing Playwright" to writing automation that's production-ready?
I'm willing to spend the next 2–3 months building a serious portfolio project, so I'd really appreciate suggestions from people working as SDETs or QA Automation Engineers.