Table of Contents Table of Contents Title and Copyright Information Preface Audience Documentation Accessibility Related Documents 1 Prerequisites 1.1 Installing Oracle Database 1.2 Installing JDK 8 1.3 Creating a Database User (Optional) 1.4 Downloading a Sample Java Program from Github 2 Using Maven and Gradle 2.1 Using a Maven Project 2.1.1 Setting Up a Maven Project 2.1.2 Building and Running a Sample Java Program 2.2 Using a Gradle Project 2.2.1 Setting Up a Gradle Project 2.2.2 Building and Running the Gradle Application 3 Using Eclipse and IntelliJ 3.1 Using the Eclipse IDE 3.1.1 Setting Up a Maven Project 3.1.2 Building and Running a Sample Java Program 3.2 Using the IntelliJ IDE 3.2.1 Setting Up a Maven Project 3.2.2 Building and Running QuickStart 4 Connecting to Oracle Database Manually 4.1 Downloading JDBC Driver and Other JARs 4.2 Building and Running a Sample Java Program