Shift Left Testing: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices

Shift Left Testing: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices Introduction Shift left testing is a software testing approach that prioritizes testing earlier in the software development process, instead of waiting until the end of development. The idea is to shift testing activities to the left of the software development lifecycle, meaning closer to the requirements and design phases, rather than the deployment and maintenance phases. This way, defects and bugs can be detected and fixed sooner, before they become more costly and complex to resolve.