The Aerospike JDBC driver is a Java API for database-independent connectivity between Java and a wide range of databases, including Aerospike, which is a fast and durable No-SQL database. The driver requires Java 8 and supports SQL statements such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE, with some limitations, and can be used to interact with Aerospike using SQL without relying on UDFs or compute-intensive components. To get started, install the driver, specify the JDBC URL, and load the class, then use a connection to execute queries and retrieve results. The driver is designed to be simple and easy to start, without workarounds for unsupported features, and can be used with SQL client tools like DBeaver to browse and manipulate data in Aerospike.