Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: from Novice to Professional)

Beginning Hibernate is ideal if you re experienced in Java with databases (the traditional, or connected, approach), but are new to open source lightweight Hibernate the most popular de facto object-relational mapping and database-oriented application development framework. This book packs in information about the release of the Hibernate 3.2.x persistence layer and provides a clear introduction to the current standard for object-relational persistence in Java.

Experienced author Dave Minter and contributor Jeff Linwood provide more in-depth examples than any other books for Hibernate beginners. The authors also present material in a lively, example-based mannernot in a dry, theoretical, hard-to-read fashion. And since the book keeps its focus on Hibernate without wasting time on nonessential third-party tools, you ll be able to immediately start building transaction-based engines and applications.

What you ll learn

Who this book is for

This book is for Java developers who want to learn about Hibernate.