what is sanity testing?
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W H AT  IS SANITY 
TESTING?
S a nit y  t est ing w a s perf Ormed w hen w e a re  reCe iv ing t he  sOf t w a re  
build (w it h minOr COde Cha nges) f rOm t he  deve lOpment  t ea m. It  is a  
c heCkpoint  t O a ssess if  t est ing f Or t he  build c a n prOCeed or nOt . In 
Ot her w Ords, w e  Ca n sa y  t ha t  sa nit y  t est ing is perf Ormed t O ma ke  
sure  t ha t  a ll t he  def eCt s ha ve been sOlved a nd nO a dded issues COme 
int O t he  present  beCa use  Of  t hese modif iCa t iOns. S a nit y  t est ing a lsO 
ensures t ha t  t he  modif iCa t iOn in t he  COde Or f unCt iOns does nOt  
a ff eCt  t he  a ssOC ia t ed modules. C Onsequent ly , it  Ca n be  a pplied only  
t O COnneCt ed modules t ha t  Ca n be  impa c t ed.
H O W  TO DO SANITY 
TESTING?
W hile   sa nit y   t est ing  is  sOmet imes  perf Ormed  in  a n  
explOra t Ory a pprOa c h, t here  is grea t  va lue  in ha v ing 
repea t a ble  sa nit y  t est s. This  implies  t a king  a   pla nned  
a pprOa c h.  There   a re   t w O  leve ls  Of  t est   pla nning  t O  
perf Orm  in  sa nit y   t est ing:  High-leve l  sa nit y   t est  pla nning 
a nd det a iled sa nit y  t est  pla nning.
ADVANTAGES OF  SANITY 
TESTING
It  he lps us t O f ind a ny  deplOyment  Or COmpila t iOn issues.
It  is less expensive  COmpa red t O Ot her t ypes Of  sOf t w a re  
t est ing. It  he lps in ra pidly  f inding t he  bugs in t he  COre  
f unCt iOna lit y .
There  is nO doCument a t iOn ma nda t Ory  f Or sa nit y  t est ing, t ha t 's 
w hy  it  Ca n be  exeCut ed in lesser  t ime.
The  exeCut iOn Of  sa nit y  t est ing w ill he lp us sa ve  unneCessa ry  
t est ing eff Ort  a nd t ime beCa use  it  Only  f OCused on One  Or a  f ew  
f unCt iOna lit y a rea s.
S a nit y  t est ing he lps in det eCt ing t he  missing dependent  ObjeCt s.
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DISADVANTAGES OF  SANITY 
TESTING
It 's beCOme a  very  COmplex prOCess f Or t he  deve lOpers t O 
underst a nd
how  t O f ix t he  de f eCt s a c knOw ledged t hrOughout  t he  sa nit y  
t est ing if  t hey  do nOt  f OllOw  t he  design st ruCt ure  leve l.
All t he  t est  Ca ses a re  nOt  COvered under sa nit y  t est ing.
It  is empha sized only  On t he  st a t ement  a nd f unCt iOns 
Of  t he a ppliCa t iOn.
W e do nOt  ha ve  f ut ure  re f e renCes sinCe t he  sa nit y  
t est ing is unsCript ed.
It  beCa me a  c Omplex prOCess t O f ind a ny  Ot her COmponent s a s 
sa nit y t est ing is exeCut ed only  f Or sOme limit ed f ea t ures.
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AUTHOR 
VaruBn is the QA Lead for Devstringx Technologies, he manages a team  cIonOducting quality assurance testing within a 
software development  company. He is skilled in Agile 
methodology which involves testing  the software at all 
layers of the Test Pyramid, i.e. Unit, Integration &
reducing QE efforts in E2E Testing by involving more 
contract tests  automated if the project follows a 
Microservices Architecture  Development model. Their 
well-versed knowledge & expertise in
Functional & Non Functional testing makes them involved 
in
providing training to offshore & onshore QE team 
members. “Fast  Good Cheap Pick any Two” - Varun Sharma
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