# Smoke Tests Projects at AI Tinkerers

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A critical, rapid-fire test run on a new software build (Build Verification Test) to confirm core functions (like login, navigation) are stable before deeper QA begins.

Smoke testing (Build Verification Test) is your essential first-pass quality gate: a quick, targeted check to ensure the new software build is stable and functional. It runs a minimal set of critical test cases—think user login, basic navigation, or a simple transaction like adding item to cart—to immediately catch major, show-stopping defects. This process, often automated and integrated into CI/CD pipelines, saves significant resources by preventing unstable code from moving to the time-intensive, in-depth testing phase. If the build fails this check, we stop the line and send it back to development for immediate repair.

- Official technology site: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/definition/smoke-testing
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Post-Postman: Creative End-to-End API Testing with Generative AI](https://sf.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_Ii4KZVOxftI)

Traditional API testing clients treat your service like a blackbox. They are unaware of the code running on each request, and unless you give them a spec, they're unaware of the inputs each route should expect. What does it look like when you use generative AI to bring this intelligence into an API testing client? Well, aside from helping with common toil of manually writing request parameters, I also see a path to more creative debugging and end-to-end testing workflows.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers - San Francisco - Summer Edition - July 2024 — 2024-07-12 — San Francisco
- Public talk page: https://sf.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_Ii4KZVOxftI

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