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Arthur Hicken

Arthur Hicken
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Arthur Hicken is evangelist at Parasoft and has been involved in automating various practices there for over 30 years. His popular blog “The Code Curmudgeon” is known for his Hall-of-shame lists covering SQL injection and IoT vulnerabilities. He has worked on projects such as working with databases, the software development life-cycle, legacy system integration, static code analysis, and cybersecurity. Arthur has worked with IT departments in companies such as Cisco, Vanguard, and Motorola.

Company
Parasoft
Job Function
Evangelist
Job Title
Chief Evangelist
Industry
Computer Software - SaaS
Interests
Agile
DevOps
IoT - Embedded
Mobile
Open Source
Test Automation
Testing
Country
United States
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Graph showing how testing earlier costs less and means fewer overall defects The Shift-Left Approach to Software Testing

The earlier you find out about problems in your code, the less impact they have and the less it costs to remediate them. Therefore, it's helpful to move testing activities earlier in the software development lifecycle—shifting it left in the process timeline. This article explores the shift-left methodology and how you can approach shifting left in your organization.