  We present an overview of a fully covariant formulation for describing the
production of strangeness -1 and -2 hypernuclei using probes of different
kinds. This theory is based on an effective Lagrangian picture and it focuses
on production amplitudes that are described via creation, propagation and decay
into relevant channel of intermediate baryonic resonance states in the initial
collision of the projectile with one of the target nucleons. The bound state
nucleon and hyperon wave functions are obtained by solving the Dirac equation
with appropriate scalar and vector potentials. Specific examples are discussed
for reactions which are of interest to current and future experiments on the
hypernuclear production.
