What is the difference between smoke an sanity testing with
example ?

Answer Posted / ankur16

Smoke testing done by both tester and developer
Sanity done by only tester
Smoke testing can be automated
sanity testing can't be automated
smoke testing-to verify basic or critical existing functionality of an application before start rigorous testing
Sanity testing-To verify newly added/updated functionality
or bug fixes

IN technical terms
smoke testing excercises the entire system end to end
sanity testing excercises only a particular component of the entire system

IN general terms
Smoke is shallow and wide approach like general health
checkup
Sanity is narrow and deep approach testing like
specialized health checkup

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