Hibernate practically exploded on the Java scene. Why is this open-source tool so popular? Because it automates a tedious task: persisting your Java objects to a relational database. The inevitable mismatch between your object-oriented code and the relational database requires you to write code that maps one to the other. This code is often complex, tedious and costly to develop. Hibernate does the mapping for you.
Not only that, Hibernate makes it easy. Positioned as a layer between your application and your database, Hibernate takes care of loading and saving of objects. Hibernate applications are cheaper, more portable, and more resilient to change. And they perform better than anything you are likely to develop yourself.
Hibernate in Action carefully explains the concepts you need, then gets you going. It builds on a single example to show you how to use Hibernate in practice, how to deal with concurrency and transactions, how to efficiently retrieve objects and use caching.
The authors created Hibernate and they field questions from the Hibernate community every day–they know how to make Hibernate sing. Knowledge and insight seep out of every pore of this book.
What's Inside - ORM concepts - Getting started - Many real-world tasks - The Hibernate application development process
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Very, Very Good
In an age where many technical books are full of typos if not outright misinformation, Hibernate in Action stands out as very well written. It seems that spell-checking has replaced editing for many technical books. This book is not only informational, but easy to comprehend.
The only down side to this book is that it is now somewhat dated in that it does not cover the current release of Hibernate. Nothing on annotations, etc. However, this book is not merely "The Professional Learn ... Read More
Rating: - Concise and well written.
A great book for getting going with Hibernate quickly.
Some parts are heavy going because it is packed with info. This pays off because there is little or no padding/rubbish.
Rating: - Try their newer book instead
This book is for Hibernate 2. Hibernate 3 is covered by the same authors in Java Persistence with Hibernate
Rating: - Useful narrative
I found this book useful and readable, and it helped me develop my first (and second) Hibernate applications. It begins with a brief overview of the kinds of problems which ORM solutions need to address. It then introduces Hibernate along with a couple of examples, upon which subsequent chapters build. (Some reviewers have criticized the examples, but I thought they were useful, and I didn't have trouble following them) One thing you should be aware of: while this book is a good narrative, it's ... Read More
Rating: - Falls short of expectation
With this book, we have the rare circumstance where the founder and principal developer of the technology has authored the material. Moreover, the back jacket promises that the text would build on a single example to show how to use Hibernate in practice.
Sorry, dear reader. This book falls far, far short of its promise. Yes, you can download a single cogent example. But the authors make only loose reference to that example, choosing instead to offer dozens and dozens of snippets, out ... Read More
- Very, Very Good
- Try their newer book instead
- Falls short of expectation
