Project pre-requisites
Before starting to implement the project, let's make the project environment ready.
Java
We are going to develop the sample project using Java. Therefore, make sure to install JDK1.6 or later version in your machine.
Apache Ant
We will be using Apache Ant to build our project. Of course, you may use any build tool you prefer.
You can download the latest version of Apache Ant from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi and follow the installation guide to set up Ant on your machine.
MySQL
MySQL will be used as the database management system in our sample project. All data used in sample hotel reservation system will be stored in a MySQL database. Therefore, we should set up MySQL in our machines. We can download MySQL from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and follow the instructions given in the installation guide to set it up on your machine.
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