[testing] What is the difference between smoke testing and sanity testing?

Smoke testing

Suppose a new build of an app is ready from the development phase.

We check if we are able to open the app without a crash. We login to the app. We check if the user is redirected to the proper URL and that the environment is stable. If the main aim of the app is to provide a "purchase" functionality to the user, check if the user's ID is redirected to the buying page.

After the smoke testing we confirm the build is in a testable form and is ready to go through sanity testing.

Sanity testing

In this phase, we check the basic functionalities, like

  1. login with valid credentials,
  2. login with invalid credentials,
  3. user's info are properly displayed after logging in,
  4. making a purchase order with a certain user's id,
  5. the "thank you" page is displayed after the purchase