3 Understanding Application Development

To ensure the best design for your application, Oracle recommends that you follow an iterative step-by-step development process. The flexibility of EclipseLink lets you use any development tool.

These sections describe recommended development processes:

• Typical Development Stages

• Target Platforms

• Building and Using the Persistence Layer

• About Application Deployment

• About Persisting Objects

• About Metadata

• About Weaving