A test to ensure that code functions as expected after a build is completed.
— Making Work Visible, Second Edition, Dominica Degrandis
Smoke Test
2 of our books define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
the smoke test is usually a fully fledged set of acceptance tests that run against the whole application
— The DevOps Handbook, in “10: Enable Fast and Reliable Automated Testing”, Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis & Nicole Forsgren
See also Agile · agile development · Build · canary release pattern · continuous delivery · dark launching
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