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Smoke Testing
December 3, 2019

Hello friends! today we will be studying about smoke testing. It is one of the
most confusing terms in software testing and that is why it is also the most
commonly asked question during an interview. In this tutorial, we will get to
know about smoke testing, its features and advantages.

Table of Contents 
1. Smoke testing de nition
2. Why it is called ‘Smoke’ testing?
3. Some salient features of smoke testing
4. Advantages of smoke testing
5. Recommended reading-

Smoke testing de nition

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Smoke testing is a type of testing in we execute the most crucial tests to make
sure that the application can be considered for further exhaustive testing or not.
It is also known as build veri cation testing.
It is performed right after the testing team receives the build. A subset of test
cases is run over the build covering the most important functionalities. The
functionality covered by the smoke tests is crucial, failing of which results in
rejection of build.
Example- Smoke tests for some applications like GMail will include test cases
that are very critical to the app e.g. user should be able to login to the
application, inbox should be populated with received mails, the user should be
able to compose and send mail etc.

Why it is called ‘Smoke’ testing?

Smoke testing got its name from the testing of electrical appliances. In the past,
the rst thing to do while testing an electrical device was to plug it to a power
outlet and see if it emits smoke or not. If there is no smoke then it means that
the electrical circuits are not faulty and the device can be tested for its
functionality.
Same is the case with “Software Smoke testing”, we check that the bare
minimum functionality is working or not, in order to make a choice as to whether
thorough testing needs to be done or not.

Some salient features of smoke testing

1. Build veri cation testing – It is also known as build veri cation testing or
build acceptance testing.
2. Shallow and wide – It is the shallow and wide approach of testing, we
cover wider functionality but only the most common/basic use cases.
3. Documented – Most of the times smoke tests are documented and often
automated as well.

Advantages of smoke testing

1. It helps in quickly identifying issues in the crucial functionality.
2. In case of issues found during smoke tests, a lot of time gets saved as the
build is rejected and the testing team doesn’t perform complete test
execution in the faulty build.
3. Integration issues can be identi ed quickly using smoke testing. 
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Recommended reading-

Sanity testing – its features and advantages

Difference between smoke and sanity testing
Software Testing Tutorial – Complete Guide

 Manual Testing
 Stress Testing
 Sanity Testing

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