title: Connecting and playing with Cassandra in Java
body: <p>I have read some tutorials on what Cassandra is and what it can do but my problem is how to interface with Cassandra in java? (A tutorial will be nice :-) )</p>
  
  <p>If possible, can someone please show me whether I should use Thrift or Hector (which one is better and why)?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <p><strong>PS</strong> Can I integrate Hibernate with Cassandra?</p>