Smoke Testing: A Complete Guide with Types and Example
Today, every enterprise wants high-quality and bug-free applications. To fulfil this demand enterprises conduct various type of testing. But before moving the software to the test environment it is essential to check the basic functionalities of the application. If the basic functionalities do not work as expected, it is considered worthless to move ahead with the testing process. This is where smoke testing comes into the picture. It validates that the critical functionality of the application work as expected. Let us now try to understand more about this testing type in detail.
It is a functional software testing method that is conducted on the initial build of the software to ensure that all the critical functionalities of the software work as expected. The main aim of this testing method is to determine whether the build is stable or not and is it worth further test the product or not. It is also known as ‘Build Verification Testing’. This test has got its name from a hardware testing type where a smoke test is performed on pipelines to check whether it catches fire when it is turned on for the first time .
Usually, this test is performed at the beginning of the software testing lifecycle to find defects in the initial build of the software. Also, whenever any change is made in the software build or a new build is deployed, this testing is performed. If this test is not performed, some bugs can occur in later stages that can adversely affect the quality of software.
