What is a Smoke & Sanity Testing

SMOKE TESTING:----> Smoke testing originated in the hardware testing practice of turning on a new piece of hardware for the first time and considering it a success if it does not catch fire and smoke. In software industry, smoke testing is a shallow and wide approach whereby all areas of the application without getting into too deep, is tested. A smoke test is scripted, either using a written set of tests or an automated test Smoke testing is conducted to ensure whether the most crucial functions of a program are working, but not bothering with finer details. (Such as build verification). Smoke testing is normal health check up to a build of an application before taking it to testing in depth. SANITY TESTING:-----> A sanity test is a narrow regression test that focuses on one or a few areas of functionality. Sanity testing is usually narrow and deep. A sanity test is usually unscripted. A Sanity test is used to determine a small section of the application is still working after a minor change. Sanity testing is to verify whether requirements are met or not, checking all features breadth-first.