Hibernate 1.0 Release

Gavin King released the first public version of Hibernate on SourceForge, offering a novel approach to object-relational mapping that used plain Java objects and configuration via XML.

Significance

This marked Hibernate's official debut, providing a crucial lightweight alternative to EJB Entity Beans and sparking a new paradigm in Java persistence.

Key facts

Date
2001-10-25
Type
release
Location
SourceForge (virtual, initiated from Perth, Australia)