1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed
first?



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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / hary

i think both are wrong..

Sanity means : After reciving build/ Software check whether
it is ready for major testing
Ex: when we have many tesctcases will check two or three
tcs on sampling basis

Smoke testing is similar to sanity, but when it released to
production, what you u do is called smoke

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / sumit bhatnagar

Smoke Testing: Smoke Testing is done to check the overall
funcationality of the product on the broader way not
getting into depth. Smoke testing is done to check the
build is stable or not for further round of testing

Sanity Testing: Testing is done to check the specific
functionality of the product.Sanity testing is usually
narrow and deep.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / aman kumar

Sanity Testing means the testing which to pass for the next
level of Testing.
For example:
If we are not able to pass the login then we
are not able to test the rest of the Functionality of the
feature in that module.
** The test case fail in sanity testing is on high Priority
and High severity.

Smoke testing means on fly when any module is look upon
every where as to test all functionality.
For Example:
As before examination we revise A to Z of the Book.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / swathi

i think sanity testing means verifying that the build is
ready for testing/not and here we will specify reasons that
why its not ready for testing where as in smoke testing its
an just overview that the build is ready for testing/not we
don't specify reasons.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / satyaprasad

i think testing the exta functionalities of the s/w is not
sanity it is sanitory testing
smoke testing or sanity testing is to test the build
where it is testable or not withrespect to below factors to
get a stable build
simplicity
Understandability,Observability, Operatable, Automatability
Maintainability ,controlable, consistancy.
hi this is satya ,any doubts contact:9912418320

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / manju

Sanity Testing:-Tester conducts the Sanity test to ensure
the stability of the application build.Tester finds weather
the application build is stable enough for further testing.

Smoke Testing:-It covers the major functionality of the
application without bothering with finer details.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / indu

Removing extra functionality is not sanity testing its
sanitary testing or garbage testing.Sanity testing is some
how similar to smoke testing .In smoke testing they ensure
the flow of the project is perfectly matching with the
customer requirement.And they concentrate on the below factors
Whether the Application under test is
understandable
operatable
observable
consistant
controllable
simple
maintainable
Automable(optional)
Thats y its also called octangle test.
Smoke test is done first.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / pramod

Better we can say both Sanity and Smoke testing are same.
When tester get a build, he will test the main functionality
of the application to check whther the application is
consitant or not is called Sannity or smoke testing.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / rumana farheen

Sanity Testing: testing the extra functionalities of the
application with respect to customer requirements. It is
also know as Garbage testing or deep testing.
where as
Smoke Testing: testing the overall functionality of the
application without any runtime error. This testing is done
at the initial stage. It is also known as Shallow testing.

Smoke test is performed first.

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1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first? ..

Answer / vamsi

sanity testing means .if any extra funcation add in
particular project will check that.it is called sanity
testing.It was tested by test engineers.
Smoke testing means the developers test the build before
realise to the testers.

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