# DRAFT: Best practices to handle Java connections to TiDB

From: [https://pingcap.slack.com/archives/C015T37HACA/p1632868301002500](https://pingcap.slack.com/archives/C015T37HACA/p1632868301002500)

[kolbe](https://app.slack.com/team/UGUPLK24C) [3:31 PM](https://pingcap.slack.com/archives/C015T37HACA/p1632868301002500)

This is a placeholder for an article to cover Java connections to TiDB might be beneficial. We have [https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/java-app-best-practices#best-practices-for-developing-java-applications-with-tidb](https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/java-app-best-practices#best-practices-for-developing-java-applications-with-tidb) but there are some things especially related to TLS that may need some special handling.