What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke
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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / akram

Sanity testing is the testing where we test only the major
functionalities of the project when it comes to testing
phase

where as the smoke testing is testing the build before it
is given to the testing team and this is also known as
build verification and this is done by the developer

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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / chennamsubbaraidu

See sanity testing Example.

Open the Ellamey.com page. See the Functional Requirements
are present on the page r not according to the client
requirement.check all the module pages.This type of checking
called sanity testing.

Now Check the Functionalities of every modules.Example if u
have Google search button , type any matter and click the
button.now the button(Search) is working r not.This type of
checking called smoke testing.

If search button is displaying in the page then it is sanity
testing. then check the functionality is working then it is
smoke testing.

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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / manyam.murali reddy

SANITY TESTING: test the behaviour of the build. Set of
core tests of functionality to demonstrate to connectivity
to the database, application servers, printers. It’s
suitable for window application.

SMOKE TESTING: the base functionality tests preferably
without any user input steps involved can be installation,
navigation through the application, invoking or accessing
all major features. It’s suitable for web applications.

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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / chinmaya

sanity test determines whether it is reasonable to proceed
with further testing. Software sanity tests are commonly
conflated with smoke tests. A smoke test determines whether
it is possible to continue testing, as opposed to whether it
is reasonable.

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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / a.muralidhar raju

Smoke Testing: It is a negative testing input invalid data
to test that the application working under invalid
conditions or not.
Sanity testing: It is purely different to smoke, testing
the application wether working correctly to specifications
only.

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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / yoshita gupta

Snity testing: It is the testing to check whether the
software is ready for system testing. In this we run the
s/w to check the basic functionality of the s/w


Smoke testing:- Smoke testing is done just for the first
time after integration testing and before the system
testing to check that is there any impact on other
component of the system because of the s/w

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What is the Major difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing..

Answer / n@n!

Sanity Testing : it is initial stage of testing after build
release.
in sanity testing test engineer can test the
->installation,
->connection between front end and back end,
->connection of all pages.

smoke testing : it is final stage of software testing to
make sure that the application is ready for usage.

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