Finally, A TestWise (Functional Testing IDE) Competitor

JetBrains Aqua, for people frustrated with Micro Focus UFT, Ranorex, Tosca, Cypress and Playwright.

Update (2024–06–20): JetBrains Aqua is Out of Preview.

Today in my LinkedIn feed, I saw a video introducing JetBrains Aqua. This host seemed pretty excited about this test automation IDE. What he did not know, a similar testing IDE, TestWise, existed 15 years ago.

Next-Gen Functional Testing Tool
Agile Alliance workshop on Next-Generation Functional Testing (Oct 2007), Envision “We are lacking IDE that facilitate things like:”
* refactoring test elements
* command completion
* incremental syntax validation
* keyboard navigation
* debugging…

I like JetBrains coding IDE (IntelliJ IDEA, RubyMine, PyCharm), especially IntelliJ IDEA, I could remember 99+% its keyboard shortcut. At one TDD presentation, I implemented one user story (live) on request. Some audience was stunned, and one said, “You did all of that without using the mouse”.

I Welcome JetBrains Aqua

I am quite happy to find out about JetBrains Aqua. Why? Isn’t it a TestWise competitor? Yes and No (see below for more).