Workbench
A workbench is a set of of views within Twist.
A Perspective defines the initial set and layout of views in Twist that are aligned towards a particular goal. A perspective provides a set of functionality aimed at accomplishing a specific type of task. Perspectives also control what appears in certain menus and toolbars.
Here are some elements in the Twist perspective:
- Twist Perspective button
- Twist specific tool bar icons
- Create New Twist Project
- Create New Twist Scenario
- Scenario View
- Scenario Editor
- Execution View
- Fastviews for Quick Access
- Stack Trace
- Problems
- Declaration
- Console
- Search
- Restore
Let us look at some of the Twist User Interface elements in detail.
Twist Perspective Button
This button is used to switch between available perspectives.
Twist specific Toolbar icons
Create New Twist Project
This icon lets the user create a new Twist Project by launching the New Twist Project Wizard.
Create New Twist Scenario
This icon lets the user create a new Twist Scenario in the current project by launching the New Scenario Wizard.
Scenario View
The Scenario View lists all the scenarios in all open projects.
Scenario Editor
The Scenario Editor is the workarea to create, edit and execute scenarios.
Execution View
The Execution View lists the executed scenarios and the results of those executions
Fastviews for Quick Access
These are a few of the commonly used views that help in various operations like search, diagnostics, etc.
Stack Trace
The Stack Trace View lists the details of failures during execution.
Problems
The Problems View lists the validation errors and warnings that have been observed across a project.
Declaration
The Declaration View displays the selected variable and method declarations.
Console
The Console View lists the output of execution of scenarios.
Search
The Search View displays the results of a search operation.
Restore
This icon is used to restore all the views in Fast Views from their minimized position.