An ORM (Object Relational Mapping) tool is one that is used to abstract the data access logic of your application. You can use ORM to bridge the apparent mismatch between the data and the object ...

Software architects face an important technical problem when they must decide how to best interact with backend database systems. The decision often comes down to the Hibernate vs. JDBC debate, as the ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. MicroStream 5.0 has arrived… and, now, the Java persistence framework is open source. MicroStream is a ...

What's the difference between Hibernate vs JPA? That's a common question Java developers dabbling on the database side often ask, right up there with difference between Hibernate and JDBC, or how do ...

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Code First frees you up from the chore of creating databases for your project. Here's a primer on how to do it. Entity Framework has been the latest buzzword in the Microsoft Development circle since ...