Chapter 2

1. Hibernate is one of the most mature object-relational mapping (ORM) libraries for the Java programming language. It also provides an implementation for the Java Persistence API (JPA) specification.
2. Yes, with Quarkus you can implement a fully reactive persistence layer.
3. You can implement an entity that leverages the Active Record pattern in Quarkus by extending the PanacheEntity base class.
4. An easy way to load initial application data to the database is by using the quarkus.hibernate-orm.sql-load-script configuration option and SQL scripts in the resources folder.
5. Quarkus Dev Services automatically provisions containers with the services our application relies on and configures them for our application, running in dev mode or its integration testing phase.