{"id":3802,"date":"2011-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/smoke-testing\/"},"modified":"2016-12-27T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T18:22:22","slug":"smoke-testing","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4354\/smoke-testing","title":{"rendered":"Smoke Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_smoke_testing_mean\">What Does Smoke Testing Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Smoke testing, in the context of software development, is a series of test cases that are run before the commencement of more rigorous tests. The goal of smoke testing is to verify that an application&#8217;s main features work properly. 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