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

JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is the Java API that manages connecting to a database, issuing queries and commands, and handling result sets obtained from the database.

Today, Java developers who need to include business data in corporate applications have to write database-specific code, often SQL, to manage the process of accessing and manipulating that data.

Object-relational mapping (ORM) is a way to align programming code with database structures. OpenJDK OpenJDK is a free, open-source version of the Java Development Kit for the Java Platform, Standard ...

The core idea behind JPA as opposed to JDBC, is that for the most part, JPA lets you avoid the need to “think relationally.” In JPA, you define your persistence rules in the realm of Java code ...

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.