What is smoke testing and when it will be done?

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What is smoke testing and when it will be done?..

Answer / swathi

Smoke Testing: Executing the application to check whether it
is free from errors or not. It should be done as soon as we
receive the Build from the developer.

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What is smoke testing and when it will be done?..

Answer / sethupathy

Smoke Testing: Testing the application to know whether the
application is eligible to test is called smoke testing. It
means there should some piece of code should be working for
the testers to test and proceed further. This testing is
done many times to check does the application meet
acceptance criteria to start testing.

Ex: There might be a case "dll not found error" seen when
you launch the application after installing. What testing
can you do when you cannot launch the application?

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What is smoke testing and when it will be done?..

Answer / saravana

Its an early stage of testing process. We carry out smoke
testing for checking the stability of the build. Whether
the build is ready for testing or not.If smoke testing is
failed then the build is rejected.

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