Hibernate and Eclipse - newbie completely confused

jordanthompson · **Joined:** Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:18 pm **Posts:** 5

Sometimes I think I am getting too old for this stuff...

I am new to eclipse and hibernate, so please bear with me.
I am running Windows Vista professional.
I have installed tomcat version 6.0 and it is working fine.
I have installed the tomcat eclipse plugin com.sysdeo.eclipse.tomcat_3.2.1 and it is working fine.
I have installed mysql version 6.0.3 and it is working fine.

Now here is where I am getting lost:
I have downloaded the current stable version of hibernate (Hibernate Core 3.3.1.GA) and am not sure where to put it. Is this a server-type application that needs to be run, or does it just fit in the eclipse environment like a plugin?

When I click on the the perspective button, I don't see hibernate as an option. I'm not sure if it is installed properly.

thanks for any help you can provide.

Jordan

plasmafire · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:58 am

First of all, welcome to Hibernate. I am sure you will like it over time. I was frustrated with ORM tools when I first saw them 4 years ago.

I believe this will be as helpful to you as for me.
http://www.hibernate.org/152.html

This is a from the basics kind of tutorial you can skim through
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/re ... orial.html

If you like printed matter (I do) try this

http://www.manning.com/bauer2/chapter2.pdf

jordanthompson · **Joined:** Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:18 pm **Posts:** 5

Hi Dinesh,
thanks for the references. I've been looking at other examples, but none really explain the installation process or if hibernate actually runs like a server or just pre-compiles your java code. I'll have a look at this example this evening and hopefully get somewhere. One thing that bothers me is that I have not been able to get eclipse to recognize that hibernate exists (it does not appear as a perspective in eclipse.)

Jordan

phen0m · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:44 pm **Posts:** 34

It doesn't really do anything to your code, or even run as a server.
Hibernate functions mostly as a library. You reference the jar files containing the Hibernate code in your project. The Hibernate code doesn't really 'do' too much on its own. It might be more helpful to you to think of it more as a set helper classes than some sort of application.