Getting Started
Below are the recommended steps in getting started with Hibernate
Setting up the development environment
- Make sure the appropriate JDK is installed. Hibernate Core only requires JDK 1.4 at the time of this writing, but to make use of JPA, annotations, etc you will need to use JDK 1.5 or JDK 1.6.
- Make sure the appropriate Maven version is installed. At the time of this writing, that means Maven >= 2.0.8
Follow the tutorial
The reference manual (which is available online as well as bundled in the distribution bundle) contains a tutorial chapter which provides a step-by-step guide to setting up your IDE, writing the tutorial application and building the tutorial application with Maven,
Get community help
If you get stuck or have questions, look for support in the Hibernate community.
