A complete guide to the Cassandra architecture, the Cassandra query language, cluster management, and Java/Spark integration.
Key Features
- Master Apache Cassandra basics and its architecture
- Integrate with the Cassandra Java driver to write and run Cassandra from Java programs
Book Description
This Apache Cassandra training course teaches you to work with Cassandra. This course is intended for complete Cassandra novices.
This course covers the Cassandra architecture in detail, including replication, consistency, gossip protocol, write paths, read paths, Cassandra storage. and compaction. Once you have completed this video-based training course, you will have a solid understanding of Cassandra.
All the codes and supporting files are available at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learn-Apache-Cassandra-in-Just-2-Hours
What you will learn
- What Cassandra is
- How to install Cassandra
- Understand the Cassandra data model with some hands-on exercise that will teach you how to create a keyspace, create a table, and insert and read data.
- Different data types in Cassandra (with exercises)
- Master partition and clustering keys and understand how data is distributed across nodes in a cluster. (We cover the Cassandra Architecture in detail, including replication, consistency, the gossip protocol, write paths, read paths, Cassandra storage, and compaction)
- Understand Cassandra configuration files
- Working with node tools to manage clusters
- Integrate with the Cassandra Java driver to write and run Cassandra from Java programs.
- Integrate Spark with Cassandra to perform analytics.
Who this book is for
This course is designed for beginners who want to master the NoSQL database: Apache Cassandra.
