A look at some of the best database and RDBMS tools for Java software developers. Learn more about Java and database programming. Java developers often rely on specific database tools to ...

The Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) is a Java specification that bridges the gap between relational databases and object-oriented programming. This two-part tutorial introduces JPA and explains how ...

In this second half of the Java persistence with JPA and Hibernate tutorial, we move past concepts and start writing code that persists data to and from a relational database using JPA with ...

While it may no longer be the flashiest programming language around, Java remains one of the most important. It powers enterprise systems, big data platforms, and cloud-native architectures alike.

But don't try to connect to them with JDBC in Java. It is only for relational databases, so stick with the Apache Derby and MySQL instances. JDBC connections are expensive. When you learn how to ...