Twist (software)

Twist is a test automation and functional testing solution built by Thoughtworks Studios, the software division of ThoughtWorks. It uses Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-driven development (TDD)[2] for functional testing of the application.[3] It is a part of the Adaptive ALM solution [4] consisting of Twist for Agile testing by ThoughtWorks Studios, Mingle for Agile project management and Go for Agile release management.

Twist
Developer(s)ThoughtWorks Studios
Initial releaseOctober 6, 2008 (2008-10-06)[1]
Stable release
14.1.0 / March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
TypeTest automation, Agile testing
LicenseShareware
Websitewww.thoughtworks-studios.com/Twist

Twist is no longer supported by ThoughtWorks.[5]

Features
  • Twist allows test specifications to be written in English or any UTF-8 supported language.
    • Test implementation is done using Java or Groovy.
  • Twist's IDE supports manual, automated and hybrid testing.[6]
  • Twist can be used with any Java based driver. It provides support for
    • Selenium and Sahi for testing web-based applications
    • SWTBot for testing Eclipse/SWT applications
    • Frankenstein for testing Java Swing applications
    • Calabash for testing Android and iOS applications
  • Fast Script Development
    • Consolidation of redundant code (refactoring as “Concepts”)
    • Type Ahead and Suggestion
  • Team coding
    • Version control, organization, and searching in Confluence
    • Shared script libraries
    • Tagging (Test/Production, Categories, etc.) with Filters
      • Filter scripts based on Tags
      • Run groups of tests based on Tags
gollark: It won't flag that.
gollark: `local negative_words_list = "abysmal awful appalling atrocious bad boring belligerent banal broken callous crazy cruel corrosive corrupt criminal contradictory confused damaging dismal dreadful deprived deplorable dishonest disease detrimental dishonorable dreary evil enrage fail foul faulty filthy frightful fight gross ghastly grim guilty grotesque grimace haggard harmful horrendous hostile hate horrible hideous icky immature infernal insane inane insidious insipid inelegant junk lousy malicious malware messy monstrous menacing missing nasty negative nonsense naughty odious offensive oppressive objectionable petty poor poisonous questionable reject reptilian rotten repugnant repulsive ruthless scary shocking sad sickening stupid spiteful stormy smelly suspicious shoddy sinister substandard severe stuck threatening terrifying tense ugly unwanted unsatisfactory unwieldy unsightly unwelcome unfair unhealthy unpleasant untoward vile villainous vindictive vicious wicked worthless insecure bug virus sucks dodecahedr worse" .. " sh" .. "it " .. "cr" .. "ap"`
gollark: It doesn't detect "worst" IIRC.
gollark: So they would kick you.
gollark: This way would annoy me *and* everyone on the server.

References
  1. Sims, Chris (2008-10-06). "ThoughtWorks Announces Twist, Automated Functional Testing Platform". InfoQ.
  2. Rubinstein, David (2010-03-01). "ThoughtWorks puts new twist on testing". SD Times.
  3. "Agile Test Automation Tool Updated". Dr. Dobb's Journal. 2010-03-01.
  4. "Thoughtworks Studios Releases Adaptive ALM". Dr. Dobb's Journal. 2009-08-17.
  5. "A Farewell to Twist". Twist Automated Testing. ThoughtWorks, Inc. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  6. Penchikala, Srini (2010-04-05). "Twist 2.0 Supports Behavior Driven and Collaborative Testing". InfoQ.
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