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> In Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Cem Kaner, James Bach, and Brett Pettichord provided the origin of the term: "The phrase smoke test comes from electro
by prerok 2y ago
> In Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Cem Kaner, James Bach, and Brett Pettichord provided the origin of the term: "The phrase smoke test comes from electronic hardware testing. You plug in a new board and turn on the power. If you see smoke coming from the board, turn off the power. You don't have to do any more testing."
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_testing_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_testing_(software)
- cbsks 2y agoAs my EE professor used to say, the problem is that once the magic smoke gets released, it’s super difficult to put back in.
- prerok 2y agoYeah, in EE there is a joke that the devices run on smoke. Once it's released it won't run anymore :)
- dmoy 2y agoI also always liked the joke about "every diode can be a light emitting diode at least once"
- AstralStorm 2y agoOr a space heater. That's when the smoke doesn't come out but the device still does not work and is hot.