A Complete Guide to Smoke Testing in Software QA (Infographic)

The phrase “smoke test” was lifted from the construction industry. During this test, water pipelines would be filled with smoke to see if there were any leaks and other underlying issues.

In the tech industry, smoke tests were first used for hardware testing. In this test, hardware boards were tested to see whether they would smoke once they were plugged in and turned on. If they did emit smoke, they would fail the tests and were immediately unplugged. If they didn’t, they’d move on to the next round of testing.

Organizations should understand how the CI/CD pipeline works before implementing a framework that could help them streamline production processes to reduce bugs and release software products faster. For a successful implementation, technical teams need to be mindful of how DevOps and agile methodologies work together to support an effective CI/CD pipeline.