Tutorial Chapter 1 – Step By Step

Getting started with Hibernate can be tricky, but here’s a step-by-step tutorial that explains exactly what needs to be done to enable your application for hibernate. This chapter covers very basic mapping and persistence.

Download the following archives: (or use this Maven POM)

• Hibernate Core (3.3.0_CR1)
• Hibernate Annotations (3.4.0_CR1)
• HSQLDB (1.8.0.10), a lightweight in-memory RDBMS (or use the database of your choice)

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