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Harnessing Hibernate
written by James Elliott, Tim O'Brien, Ryan Fowler
Studio : O'Reilly Media, Inc.
by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Publisher : O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Released : 2008-04-22
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Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780596517724
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 11 reviews)
List Price : $39.99
Our Price : $21.94
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Harnessing Hibernate is an ideal introduction to the popular framework that lets Java developers work with information from a relational database easily and efficiently. Databases are a very different world than Java objects, and they often involve people with different skills and specializations. With Hibernate, bridging these two worlds is significantly easier, and with this book, you can get up to speed with Hibernate quickly. Rather than present you with another reference, Harnessing Hibernate lets you explore the system, from download and configuration through a series of projects that demonstrate how to accomplish a variety of practical goals. The new edition of this concise guide walks you through Hibernate's primary features, which include mapping from Java classes to database tables, and from Java data types to SQL data types. You will also learn about Hibernate's data query and retrieval facilities, and much more. By reading and following along with the examples, you can get your own Hibernate environment set up quickly and start using it for real-world tasks right away. Harnessing Hibernate teaches you how to: Perform Object/Relational mapping Work with persistent data from Java code Work with groups and relationships between objects Extend Hibernate's rich type support for your own needs Simplify query creation using criteria and examples Use the Hibernate Query Language (HQL) and understand how it differs from SQL Use Hibernate in conjunction with Spring Use Hibernate in conjunction with other packages, such as the Stripes web framework and the Eclipse IDE Once you're past the first few chapters, you can jump to topics that you find particularly interesting or relevant.All background material and explanations of how Hibernate works and why is in the service of a focused task. Source code can be downloaded from the book's website. If using SQL is an uncomfortable chore, Harnessing Hibernate offers you an effective and trouble-free method for working with the information you store in your applications. |
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Not enough Hibernate Detail - Poor Book |
I ordered and read this book. Overall, I was able to get information from it but it was not complete enough. I ended up finding more answers from the internet and from "Beginning Hibernate" (Apress). The Apress book was ordered recently and is really meant for developers. It has a lot of clear examples and work around approaches for odd HQL things (i.e. use Views if you have HQL aggregate issues).
Where the Programming Hibernate lost me (my interest that is) was the extensive discussion about Maven. Who cares about Maven. It is a good build system but Maven is _not_ required to use Hibernate. Why discuss it? This book and the Apress books were about the same length (in pages) so much of the O'Reilly book was wasted talking about Maven when Hibernate (the purpose of the book) should have been discussed. Plus, it adds complexity if you need Maven to do the examples.
If you are getting into Hibernate, check out the Apress book first. Then look at this book. |
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Good Complement to the Hibible |
This book is a concise practicum on a simple Hibernate project using readily available documentation. OTOH, Bauer & King's excellent treatise "Java Persistence with Hibernate" is extremely thorough and complex, but perhaps too cumbersome for some Hibernoobs like me.
The Harnessing example project is a jump start for putting the concepts together, esp with the new Eclipse tools. I can return to Bauer & King for more in-depth theoretical study later.
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Buy this book if you are interested in Hibernate. I didn't know Hibernate, but within 3 weeks of buying this book I was fully productive with Hibernate. This book is well written, organized and easy to learn from. Also has a nice chapther on Mavan |
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Great book so far |
I'm half way and very pleasantly surprised. I like to type stuff in manually to get it to 'stick' and I plainly can't believe that I haven't found one error in the code listings!!! I'm a pro developer, so I don't usually bicker too much about this, but it surely is a time saver when the examples are correct. That said, the author combines a lot of the code so that it probably loses cohesion, but I'm 100% sure that this is in fact by design. For pedantic purposes it's easier -- I'm happy, about this, because I'm just trying to get up to speed on Hibernate, not get a design patterns lesson. I'm sure he's leading to that (again, I've only read half the book).
For those that gave the book a lower rating, I have to pretty much agree with their comments, but I think they're being a bit unfair. This book isn't trying to be the most 'complete' reference IMO, but rather, get you going. That said, it does WAY more as another positive reviewer mentions...you get to play with Spring, Maven, and a bunch of other goodies. Very happy with this book so far! |
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Only really an Introduction |
I am totally new to hibernate, and I was hoping for a book that would serve as a comprehensive guide to hibernate. I was rather disappointed. The book constantly says: you can do this really neato thing, but it's beyond the scope of this book. The chapter on HQL was very brief indeed really only scratching the surface, which was a bit surprising as it would seem to me that using HQL would be a very common task which would benefit from in depth coverage. The chapter on annotations was also a bit light as this seems to be the new preferred way to use hibernate amongst developers today.
Despite these grumbles with the book, I found it a helpful and clear introduction to hibernate that did at least give me an overview in a clear and concise manner. The coverage of features in hibernate 3 was good too, as other books have become a bit dated. The later chapters on how to integrate hibernate with other tools are very useful, and I found the inclusion of stripes particularly poignant. It's a good book, but not great if what you want is an in depth understanding of hibernate. |
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