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