SMOKE TESTING
WHAT IS SMOKE TESTING?
• Smoke testing is a software testing process that determines whether the deployed
software build is stable or not.
• Smoke testing is a confirmation for QA team to proceed with further software testing.
• It consists of a minimal set of tests to run on each build to test software
functionalities.
• Smoke testing is also known as Build Verification Testing or Confidence Testing.
• Smoke test verifies that the important features are working and there are no
showstoppers in the build that is under testing.
WHEN DO WE DO SMOKE TESTING ?
• Smoke testing is done whenever the new functionalities of software are developed and
integrated with existing build that is deployed in QA/staging environment.
• It ensures that all critical functionalities are working correctly or not.
• In this testing method, the development team deploys the build in QA.
• The QA team test the application against the critical functionalities.
• These series of tests are designed to expose the errors in the build. And if these tests are
passed then the QA team continues with functional testing.
• Any failure indicates then the system have to send back to the development team.
• Whenever there is a change in the build , we perform smoke testing to ensure the stability.
EXAMPLES OF SMOKE TESTING
• New registration button is added to the login window and build is
deployed with the new code. So then we perform smoke testing to
ensure the stability of the system.
• Verify that a user can register and log in to an online shopping
platform.
• Verify that a user can browse and search a product catalog.
• Adding item functionality like , able to add item to the cart and the item
should get added to the cart.
• Sign out functionality should be working like, the user should be able to
sign out.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T DO SMOKE TESTING
• If we don’t perform smoke testing in early stages, defects may be
encountered in later stages where it can be costly.
• Defects found in the later stages can be show stoppers where it may
affect the release of deliverables.
WHY DO WE DO SMOKE TESTING
• Smoke testing plays an important role in software development as it
ensures the correctness of the system in intial stages.
• Once we complete smoke test then only we can start functional testing.
• All the show stoppers in the build will get identified by performing
smoke testing.
• Smoke testing is done after the build is released to QA. With help of
smoke testing most of the defects are identified at the initial stages of
the development.
• With smoke testing, we simplify the detection and correction of major
defects.
ADVANTAGES OF SMOKE TESTING
• Easy to perform testing.
• Defects will be identified in early stages.
• Improves the quality of the system.
• Reduces the risk.
• Saves test effort and time.
• Easy to detect critical errors and correction of errors.
