JPA is a specification which specifies how to access, manage and persist information/data between java objects and relational databases. It provides a standard approach for ORM, Object Relational Mapping. Spring Boot provides a seemless integration with JPA.

Audience

This tutorial is designed for Java programmers who would like to understand the Spring Boot application to utilize JPA to connect to database in detail along with actual usage.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a good understanding of Java programming language. As you are going to deal with a database, you should have prior exposure to RDBMS and Database concepts.