When to use Hibernate/JPA/Toplink?

Question

Right now I\'m making an extremely simple website- about 5 pages. Question is if it\'s overkill and worth the time to integrate some sort of database mapping solution or if it w

Answer 1

It does seem like it would be overkill for a very simple application, especially if you don't have plans to expand on it ever. However, it also seems like it could be worthwhile to use those with this simple application so that you have a better understanding of how they work for next time you have something that could use them.