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 release	October 6, 2008 (2008-10-06)[1]
Stable release	14.1.0 / March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Type	Test automation, Agile testing
License	Shareware
Website	www.thoughtworks-studios.com/agile-test-automation

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