Learning Objectives

This module covers persistant storage. We will cover some MySQL, JDBC and briefly review Hibernat. Students will be able to

1. Describe what a database is
2. Be able to use some basic SQL commands to query a database
3. Create a database and table
4. Query databases
5. Understand what a JOIN is
6. Describe what JDBC is used for
7. Map SQL to JDBC data types
8. Connect to a SQL database
9. Query the database using JDBC

Unfortunately, I think that getting Hibernate up and running is not a trivial task. I've put together a step by step tutorial that does just such a thing, so hopefully it will give you a taste of what Hibernate is like.

Students will also be able to

1. Describe what Hibernate is
2. Compare Hibernate vs JDBC solutions