JPA - Hello, World! using Hibernate 5

The article JPA - Hello, World! using Hibernate explains how to use Hibernate v4.x. This tutorial introduces using JPA with the latest Hibernate v5.2.3. Same as the previous article, it also targets beginners who are new to Hibernate and JPA.

You need Java 1.8, Eclipse for Java EE developers and MySQL server in your system in-order to try this tutorial.

Step 1:

Create a database “javahelps” and a table “student” in MySQL.

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS javahelps;

CREATE  TABLE javahelps.student ( 
student_id INT NOT NULL ,
student_name VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL ,
student_age INT NOT NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY (student_id) );

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JPA - Hello, World! using Hibernate

Java Persistence API (JPA) is a Java application programming interface specification that describes the management of relational data in applications using Java Platform, Standard Edition and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition. Various frameworks like Hibernate, EclipseLink and Apache OpenJPA provide object relational mapping according to JPA standards. This tutorial guides you to develop a simple Java Persistence API (JPA) based database application using Hibernate framework and MySQL database. 

Note: If you prefer Hibernate 5, visit to the new tutorial JPA - Hello, World! using Hibernate 5

You need Eclipse for Java EE developers and MySQL server in your system in-order to try this tutorial.

If you prefer to import the necessary libraries manually as shown in "Step 3 Without Maven", Eclipse for Java developers is enough. Those who prefer Maven projects, need to have M2Eclipse plugin in their Eclipse. This tutorial recommends Eclipse for Java EE, since it has M2Eclipse plugin by default. Also please be informed that the project attached at the end of this tutorial is created using Maven.

Step 1:

Create a database “javahelps” and a table “student” in MySQL.

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS javahelps;

CREATE  TABLE javahelps.student ( 
student_id INT NOT NULL ,
student_name VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL ,
student_age INT NOT NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY (student_id) );

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