Inheritance and composition are two programming techniques developers use to establish the relationship between classes and objects. Whereas inheritance derives one class from another, composition ...

Inheritance is a common pattern in object-oriented programming, but it’s not easily replicated in a database. This Java tip shows you how to model inheritance relationships in JPA with Hibernate.

My background is in web design and web development. I have a non-CS college degree, and very little formal programming training. I am, however, a competent and capable web developer. After doing that ...