PREREQUISITES

▪️ MySQL Server version 8.0 or later ¹ installed and running
  Download MySQL Server
  Read/download MySQL Installation Guide.

▪️ A database the application communicates with
  To import required database into MySQL server run the sql\javacafe.sql SQL script.
  Learn how to import data/database in MySQL via mysqlimport client or via MySQL Workbench.

▪️ JDBC driver for MySQL (MySQL Connector/J) ¹
  Download the connector from here or from here.
  Learn how to add MySQL connector jar file to the current project using NetBeans.

▪️ Hibernate ORM ²
  Download Hibernate-core JAR file with its compile dependencies.
  Adding the Hibernate library to the project using NetBeans IDE example.

 ¹ _{During the application creation MySQL Community Server version 8.0.18 and MySQL Connector/J version 8.0.19 were used.}

 ² _{Recommended Hibernate version is 4.3.1.Final. It is bundled with NetBeans IDE v 8.2.}