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In December we launched the connector for ThoughtWorks Studios’ Mingle agile project management system. Today, we’re pleased to announce availability of additional connectors for ThoughtWorks Studios’ Cruise release managment and Twist test automation products. With innovations such as Murmurs and the upcoming Google Wave integration, ThoughtWorks Studios has been innovating at a rapid pace and we’re excited to be extending the reach of the entire ThoughtWorks Studios Adaptive ALM product suite into the Eclipse IDE.

Cruise Connector

The Cruise Connector allows developers to access and manage their Cruise continuous integration servers from within the Eclipse IDE. Cruise servers are easily configured in Eclipse much like Mylyn or Tasktop task repositories. Once configured, the build view provides facilities to initiate builds and monitor build status. Integration with the Mingle Connector makes it easy to create and assign new tasks in Mingle to correct build failures.

Cruise Builds View in Eclipse

When developing in Eclipse, screen real estate is precious. This means that the Cruise Build view won’t always be visible. A best practice is to use a fast view as shown below to minimize the view while not in use. The fast view icon indicates the current build status and clicking the icon restores the full build view.

The Cruise fast view icon indicates build status without occupying screen space

Twist Connector

The Twist Connector bridges ThoughtWorks Studios’ Twist test automation tool with the Eclipse IDE and the Mingle and Cruise components of the Adaptive ALM product suite. This allows developers to manage Twist scenarios, Cruise builds and Mingle cards without leaving the development environment. The Connector leverages task-focused interface technology to focus the Scenarios view on only the scenarios that are relevant for the currently active Mingle card. When Twist tests fail, new cards reporting the corresponding defects can be added to Mingle from Eclipse with a few clicks.

Focused Scenarios view and enhanced Scenarios Editor

Integrated access to Mingle and Twist

Availability

The latest version of Tasktop, version 1.6.2, is available now and includes the connectors for ThoughtWorks Studios Mingle and Cruise. The Twist connector will be available next Wednesday March 31st when Twist 2.0 is released.

Learn more about the Mingle Connector

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