This article is part of the JPA Pitfalls series, and our first topic of discussion is some common JPA relationship mapping pitfalls. JPA makes it really easy to do things the wrong way, and makes it really unintuitive to do things right.

To mock or not to mock - why is this discussion even on the table? Somehow it’s a complete no-brainer that the answer is a straightforward ‘yes’ since developers need to remove all dependencies and use mocking frameworks to write reliable, repeatable tests yielding consistent outcomes.

There are many examples of a QA stepping out of their comfort zone and doing things that, in most cases, shouldn't even be on their plates. This article aims to go through some of the roles or situations you might encounter on your project and hopefully help you better understand and identify those situations.

In this article, we are going to talk about git branching models (strategies, workflows), which one to choose for your team depending on the setup, what are the pros and cons, and how to decide which one is for you or why would you even need it in the first place.

QA Engineers write and perform tests. Unit tests, as their name implies, are tests. Shouldn’t QAs write unit tests as well, then? The straight answer to this question should be - absolutely not. Writing of unit tests should be reserved solely for developers.