Smoke Testing and Sanity Testing

Smoke and Sanity Testing came into the picture after build release.

Smoke Testing:

- Smoke Test is done to make sure the build we received from the development team is testable/stable or not.

- Smoke Testing is performed by both Testers & Developers.

- Smoke Testing, build may be either stable or unstable.

- It is done on initial builds.

- It is a part of basic testing.

- Usually it is done every time when there is a new build release.

Sanity Testing:

- Sanity Test is done during the release phase to check for the main functionalities of the application without going deeper.

- Sanity Testing is performed by Testers only.

- Sanity Testing, build is relatively stable.

- It is done on stable builds.

- It is a part of regression testing.

- It is planned when there is no enough time to do in-depth testing.