From the course: Agile Testing
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Shifting left
- A scene that often plays out in my head when I think about an issue in a project, is the moment when expresses, I wish I had known sooner or why are you just telling me now. I think about these moments because how testing is positioned in line with product development. Often typecast as the bottleneck or the end of the road, testers are the recipients of code in its concluding stages, leaving little time for anything more than a superficial stamp of approval. When I recall these moments, I cannot help but think, heavens, I never want to do that again. And honestly, I won't. Agile testing is a practice built off of the concept of early integrations for faster feedback and regular integrations of testing along the way, the idea of shifting left. This concept was conceived from the repercussions of testing in a delayed state, brought to attention by recognizing the opportunities lost while waiting for feedback from testing a code base late in the process. Testing in this way is time…
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