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.

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.

Get to know the Java persistence standard based on Hibernate and learn how to use JPA to store and manage Java objects in a relational or NoSQL database.