While the software development process is going on. It is necessary to test various functions of the software repeatedly. Repeated testing ensures that the software is working in an intended manner and bugs (if present) are eliminated.
Many software development companies use smoke testing to find if the project is ready for end users’ use or if are there any more necessary changes in the software.
When in-depth testing is done, the chances of solving even the smallest bugs increase. In this article, we will understand what smoke testing is, along with its benefits, risks, and when to use this technique. So, let’s dive into this together.
What is Smoke Testing?
Smoke test, aka, confidence testing, is a process to know the functionality, stability, integration ability, and efficiency of the project under development.
One can also call this process verification testing as the test checkers for errors with the software build. This technique generally involves multiple tests that testers can conduct manually or use automated test methods.
Testing different software components can enable the testers to discover breaches in the code issues without using more valuable assets. Smoke testing also helps the QA team to determine whether the software is ready to release or might require additional development and testing work.
Why is Smoke testing required?
Smoke testing is a process that is performed in the phase of software when it is released to the QA and testing team. Consider a situation where an eCommerce app is deployed in the testing phase, but when the tests are going on, it is found the user is not allowed to log into the app to proceed and perform different tasks; or one can say- the user is blocked from using the app because he/she is not able to perform basic login activities.
Then there is no meaning in performing detailed and exhaustive testing of other major modules of the app. First, the development team has to solve the issue where users cannot log in to the app. Such issues are determined and solved first while performing smoke testing.
Here are some prime reasons why smoke testing is used while developing software or an app:
- Smoke testing finds major issues in the app in the beginning only
- It helps in reducing the efforts and time of the QA team that could be wasted if the project is not stable
- With smoke testing one can make early identification of the defects
- It increases the stability of the software or app developed
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