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Shift-left testing

Shift-left testing is an approach to software testing and system testing in which testing is performed earlier in the lifecycle (i.e. moved left on the project timeline). It is the first half of the maxim "test early and often". It was coined by Larry Smith in 2001.

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Types of shift-left testing

V-modelDevOpsGUI testingUnit testingIntegration testing
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Harm because of late testing

DebuggingCode coverageEncapsulationWhite-box testingTechnical debt
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Software testingSystem testingLifecycle
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Shift-left testing

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related to Agile/DevOps shift-left testing · 9
Shift-left testing → Agile, Agile/DevOps, As, DevOps, TDD, The, These, Vs, While
related to Incremental shift-left testing · 6
Shift-left testing → As, Incremental, Like, The, Vs, When
related to Traditional shift-left testing · 6
Shift-left testing → API, As, GUI, Instead, The, Traditional
related to Harm because of late testing · 5
Shift-left testing → Difficulty, Insufficient, Reduced, Shift-left, Undiscovered
related to Types of shift-left testing · 4
Shift-left testing → Agile/DevOps, There, These, V-model
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Shift-left testing → approach to software testing and system testing in which testing is performed earlier in the lifecycle

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Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingAs0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingAgile0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingDevOps0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingVs0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingThese0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingTDD0.60section
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Shift-left testingrelated to Agile/DevOps shift-left testingAgile/DevOps0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Harm because of late testingShift-left0.60section
Shift-left testingrelated to Harm because of late testingInsufficient0.60section

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