Hibernate References Documentation

If you are new to Hibernate and Object/Relational Mapping or even Java, please follow these steps:
1. Read Chapter 1, Quickstart with Tomcat for a 30 minute tutorial, using Tomcat.
2. Read Chapter 2, Architecture to understand the environments where Hibernate can be used.
3. Have a look at the eg/ directory in the Hibernate distribution, it contains a simple standalone application.
Copy your JDBC driver to the lib/ directory and edit etc/hibernate.properties, specifying correct val-
ues for your database. From a command prompt in the distribution directory, type ant eg (using Ant), or
under Windows, type build eg.
4. Use this reference documentation as your primary source of information. Consider reading Hibernate in
Action (http://www.manning.com/bauer) if you need more help with application design or if you prefer a
step-by-step tutorial. Also visit http://caveatemptor.hibernate.org and download the example application
for Hibernate in Action.
5. FAQs are answered on the Hibernate website.
6. Third party demos, examples and tutorials are linked on the Hibernate website.
7. The Community Area on the Hibernate website is a good source for design patterns and various integra-
tion solutions (Tomcat, JBoss, Spring, Struts, EJB, etc.)here.