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End-to-End Evaluation vs Smoke Testing

Developers should use End-to-End Evaluation when building complex applications, such as web apps, mobile apps, or distributed systems, to ensure reliability and user satisfaction before deployment meets developers should use smoke testing after each build or deployment to catch show-stopping bugs before proceeding to more comprehensive testing phases like regression or integration testing. Here's our take.

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End-to-End Evaluation

Developers should use End-to-End Evaluation when building complex applications, such as web apps, mobile apps, or distributed systems, to ensure reliability and user satisfaction before deployment

End-to-End Evaluation

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Developers should use End-to-End Evaluation when building complex applications, such as web apps, mobile apps, or distributed systems, to ensure reliability and user satisfaction before deployment

Pros

  • +It is particularly important in scenarios involving multiple technologies (e
  • +Related to: test-automation, quality-assurance

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Smoke Testing

Developers should use smoke testing after each build or deployment to catch show-stopping bugs before proceeding to more comprehensive testing phases like regression or integration testing

Pros

  • +It is particularly valuable in continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure new code changes don't break the application's basic operations, saving time and resources by filtering out unstable builds early
  • +Related to: software-testing, regression-testing

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use End-to-End Evaluation if: You want it is particularly important in scenarios involving multiple technologies (e and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Smoke Testing if: You prioritize it is particularly valuable in continuous integration/continuous deployment (ci/cd) pipelines to ensure new code changes don't break the application's basic operations, saving time and resources by filtering out unstable builds early over what End-to-End Evaluation offers.

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The Bottom Line
End-to-End Evaluation wins

Developers should use End-to-End Evaluation when building complex applications, such as web apps, mobile apps, or distributed systems, to ensure reliability and user satisfaction before deployment

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