--- product_id: 20551003 title: "Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook 1st Edition" brand: "james elliott" price: "£23.70" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20551003-hibernate-a-developers-notebook-1st-edition store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook 1st Edition **Brand:** james elliott **Price:** £23.70 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook 1st Edition by james elliott - **How much does it cost?** £23.70 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20551003-hibernate-a-developers-notebook-1st-edition) ## Best For - james elliott enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted james elliott brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook 1st Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61gAXcw1jZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent overview, but has a few shortcomings *by K***L on Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2004* This book belongs to O'Reilly new series "developer notebook". I am not sure I really like this new artificial format, that this book tries to adhere to. "How do I do that", and similar named sub-titles make the book appear the same regardless where you open it! Lack of good diagrams (it has a couple, but that's it) with database relationships, class relationships, etc. make this book hard, if not impossible, to use as a reference.Finally, I found that querying was not adequately explained. How do you query a join based relationship?Overall, I think the book does provide a decent introduction to Hibernate. I give it four stars, but I doubt I will ever buy another "Developer Notebook" from O'Reilly again. ### ⭐⭐ A dated intro *by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2012* In its day, this must have been a useful text. It certainly served as a good introduction to what Hibernate is and does. The examples in this book use Ant 1.5 and Hibernate 2.x. If you still use Ant, you're probably using 1.8.x. Hibernate 4.1.1 has been released as of this writing. I enjoyed the challenge of migrating the examples from Ant 1.5 to Maven 3.0, and hunting down replacements for Hibernate idioms, methods, and fields that were deprecated in version 3.x and removed in 4.x. Take the time to do this, and you'll still get plenty of value out of this book. If you're not interested in doing homework, you're better off looking for a more recent publication date. Also, while this book reads nicely front-to-back, it is difficult to use as a reference due to headers that say meaningless things like, 'How do I do that?' over and over instead of meaningful things like, 'How to generate schema". ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good first book on a very cool API *by R***O on Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2004* If you are familiar with ant, database and sql basics, and of course well versed in Java ,this book is a good way to get your feet wet with Hibernate without a lot of ceremony. At the end of the book you certainly won't be a Hibernate expert but at least you will know enough to start playing with it and decide if you want to go farther. Writing style is concise but clear enough, and gets a little confusing only in the two central chapters on richer associations and enumerated types. Overall I like the dev notebook style, but I think that 50 pages more used for more clarity and examples would have made it perfect. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20551003-hibernate-a-developers-notebook-1st-edition](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20551003-hibernate-a-developers-notebook-1st-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-22*