Twist (software)

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/Twist

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 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

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