Smoke testing

Smoke testing:

Testing the basic functionalities of the software is called smoke testing. Smoke testing is also called as build verification testing or testability testing or build  acceptance testing.

1. While performing smoke test if the application is stable tester will accept the build for testing if it is unstable tester will reject the build and give strong reasons to the developer.Smoke testing is done for the software in order to verify that the software is stable enough for further testing.
2. Smoke testing touches all areas of the application without getting too deep
3. Example: The smoke test case for any login form could be
4.    Enter valid username and password then login, it should take it to next page.

No need to verify whether it works for valid user and blank password and other scenarios.

Once smoke test cases passes, it means now your application ready for further testing.