--- title: What is smoke testing? Advantages and Disadvantages description: Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed at the beginning of the development process to ensure that all functionalities are checked and major... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-smoke-testing-advantages-and-disadvantages-pdn487oc7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is smoke testing? Advantages and Disadvantages | daily.dev og:description: Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed at the beginning of the development process to ensure that all functionalities are checked and major... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-smoke-testing-advantages-and-disadvantages-pdn487oc7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Pdn487Oc7.png og:image:alt: What is smoke testing? Advantages and Disadvantages og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is smoke testing? Advantages and Disadvantages **[Javarevisited](https://daily.dev/sources/javarevisited)** · 5 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed at the beginning of the development process to ensure that all functionalities are checked and major issues are identified. It helps prevent wasting resources on further testing, saves time by identifying show-stopping concerns early on, and determines whether the software is ready for further testing. Smoke testing also allows for easy troubleshooting, enhances system stability, simplifies procedures, improves efficiency, enables automation, provides great flexibility, and leads to an enhanced end product. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-smoke-testing-advantages-and-disadvantages-pdn487oc7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is smoke testing? Advantages and Disadvantages","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-smoke-testing-advantages-and-disadvantages-pdn487oc7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-smoke-testing-advantages-and-disadvantages-pdn487oc7"},"datePublished":"2024-06-04T15:48:48.560Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T14:44:40.218Z","description":"Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed at the beginning of the development process to ensure that all functionalities are checked and major...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Javarevisited","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Javarevisited","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/9ca6532654d146408235d53f0823a26d","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/javarevisited"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-smoke-testing-advantages-and-disadvantages-pdn487oc7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"testing","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Javarevisited","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/javarevisited"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is smoke testing? Advantages and Disadvantages"}]} ```