Smoke Testing

Smoke Testing Term comes from Electronics. Smoke test is the first time a circuit is attached to power, which is used to identify the faulty circuits which sometimes produce actual smoke if a design or wiring mistake has been made.

Software Smoke testing is done by QA testers before accepting a build for further testing. This Test includes a set of Tests that are very basic and touch almost all the functional areas/modules of the product. Most people have these tests automate as they have to executed with every new build that comes to the Test Team.

For Example : Windows Calculator

Some Basic Smoke Tests:

• Open Calculator App using the Calculator Icon
• All Arithmetic Operation and Buttons are working
• All Numerical Button are working

Types of Software Testing

Some of the Different Types of Software Testing Methods are Listed Below :

Functional

• Unit Testing
• Smoke Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• Sanity Testing
• GUI Testing
• Acceptance Testing
  

Non-Functional

• Performance Testing
• Security Testing
• Globalization Testing
• Localization Testing
• Internationalization Testing
• Usability Testing
  

Types of Performance Testing :

• Scalability
• Load
• Stress