Use Tomcat server with Hibernate and Springsource Tool Suite?

Question

I just installed Springsource Tool Suite as a plugin to eclipse kepler. I need to develop database-driven-web applications with it. I have thought I could do that using hibernate, but the eclipse STS plugin that I found for hibernate seems to only work with jboss server. I want to work with tomcat 7 server. Can someone suggest a good way to use hibernate with STS eclipse and tomcat? Or is there a better way besides eclipse to do database integration with STS eclipse and tomcat? Links to download tools, and to modern tutorials with the current versions of each tool, would be greatly appreciated. I just created a new Spring MVC project using the template in STS eclipse kepler. It would be nice to have tutorials and tools that work with that toolset. Even a fully working database-driven web application sample code to study.

Answer 1

Your requirements as listed below:

• Spring Tools Suite : http://www.springsource.org/downloads/sts-ggts (Choose the appropriate version)
• For Tomcat 7 to be used on STS , you will need to download it from this link: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi
• Update to JDK 7. Link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
• To setup tomcat 7 in Spring Tools Suite (essentially Eclipse configured for Spring) use this link : http://www.coreservlets.com/Apache-Tomcat-Tutorial/tomcat-7-with-eclipse.html (Follow the same procedure for STS)
• You will also need to install a DBMS. Try using MySQL . Download it from : http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
• Also if you decide to use Eclipse for Spring (I do.. :P ), use this : http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/keplerr
• If you decide to use Kepler, you will need to install STS plugin for Kepler. Try: http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/spring-tool-suite-sts-eclipse-kepler-43#.UhwuRNJkOSo
• Try the following link for your first project: http://www.mkyong.com/spring/maven-spring-hibernate-mysql-example/

EDIT: As a developer it is very essential to know what is the standard way of implementing a Spring+ORM application. It's practice to to include Maven as a dependency management tool. Follow the links:

• Download Maven: http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
• Setup maven in Eclipse : Setting up new Maven In eclipse
• Link to website using maven : Just Google.. :P

As for the no Maven part, try understanding why actually is maven used. Follow the link: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/spring/spring_environment_setup.htm , to setup a spring envirnoment without maven. When you use Hibernate, just add the necessary jars to WEB-INF/lib folder. As simple as that.

Hope it helps. :)