PART 2A: NetBeans Database Example - Setting up the MODEL - the Learner.java

This is part of a set of videos for setting up the Graphical User Interface in NetBeans to add a new learner to the database and selecting learners from the database.

I am using the Model View Controller (MVF) Framework which separates the GUI (view) from the database code (Controller) and the Learner class (Model).

The following videos make up the entire example (Apologies for adding As and Bs, I decided to add more as I went along and wanted to keep each video as close as I could to a single topic):

PART 1: NetBeans Database Example - Setting up the VIEW - the GUI in NetBeans

PART 2A: NetBeans Database Example - Setting up the MODEL - the Learner.java

PART 2B: NetBeans Database Example - Testing the Connection to SQL Server using Maven in NetBeans to download the driver

PART 3: NetBeans Database Example - Setting up the CONTROLLER - LearnerDAO.java and the InsertLearner() method to insert into the database

PART 4A: NetBeans Database Example - Connecting the VIEW / GUI to the CONTROLLER to insert a Learner into the Database

PART 4B: Closing the frame and closing the database

PART 5A: NetBeans Database Example - Selecting all Learners from the database

PART 5B: NetBeans Database Example - Displaying the learners in a JTable on the GUI

PART 6: NetBeans Database Example - Selecting a single Learner from a JTable on one Frame and passing it to another Frame for displaying