--- title: Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It? description: Shifting left in software development, which involves implementing testing earlier in the development lifecycle, has become mainstream for developers. GitHub... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It? | daily.dev og:description: Shifting left in software development, which involves implementing testing earlier in the development lifecycle, has become mainstream for developers. GitHub... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hN1i1X6PA.png og:image:alt: Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It? **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Shifting left in software development, which involves implementing testing earlier in the development lifecycle, has become mainstream for developers. GitHub is playing a significant role in enabling developers to shift left and improve security through features like code scanning autofix. Other vendors like Snyk and GitGuardian also offer solutions to support shifting left and enhance security practices in software development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#code-scanning](https://daily.dev/tags/code-scanning) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa"},"datePublished":"2024-04-05T14:22:29.229Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z","description":"Shifting left in software development, which involves implementing testing earlier in the development lifecycle, has become mainstream for developers. GitHub...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5b408e9914ca665721440551f0643395?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5b408e9914ca665721440551f0643395?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,github,code-scanning","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It?"}]} ```