What Is A Smoke Test?

In software development, a smoke test, also known as “build verification testing” or “confidence testing,” is used to determine if the most crucial functions of a piece of software work correctly. The purpose of smoke testing is to quickly identify significant issues that would prevent the software from being used. It is often used as an initial test before more thorough testing is done. Smoke testing in software testing typically involves running a set of basic tests on the software to make sure that it can start up, run, and shut down without any major errors, i.e it is functioning as expected.