If you have some experience of developing applications in one or more languages supported by Apache Thrift (C++, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, and others) and want to broaden your knowledge and skills in building cross-platform, scalable applications, then this book is for you.

This book assumes knowledge of application development with Java and familiarity with distributed systems. Familiarity with other real-time streaming frameworks is not required, but some practical experience with other big data processing utilities might be helpful.

If you are a NoSQL developer and new to Apache Cassandra who wants to learn its common as well as not-so-common features, this book is for you. Alternatively, a developer wanting to enter the world of NoSQL will find this book useful.It does not assume any prior experience in coding or any framework.

This guide appeals to big data engineers, analysts, architects, software engineers, even technical managers who need to perform efficient data processing on Hadoop at real time. Basic familiarity with Java or Scala will be helpful.The assumption is that readers will be from a mixed background, but would be typically people with background in engineering/data science with no prior Spark experience and want to understand how Spark can help them on their analytics journey.

If you are a data scientist, a data analyst, or an R and SPSS user with a good understanding of machine learning concepts, algorithms, and techniques, then this is the book for you. Some basic understanding of Spark and its core elements and application is required.

If you are a data scientist, a data analyst, or an R and SPSS user with a good understanding of machine learning concepts, algorithms, and techniques, then this is the book for you. Some basic understanding of Spark and its core elements and application is required.

If you are a data analyst, developer, or simply someone who wants to quickly get started with Hive to explore and analyze Big Data in Hadoop, this is the book for you. Since Hive is an SQL-like language, some previous experience with SQL will be useful to get the most out of this book.

本书是涵盖Apache Kafka各方面的具有实践指导意义的工具书和参考书。作者结合典型的使用场景，对Kafka整个技术体系进行了较为全面的讲解，以便读者能够举一反三，直接应用于实践。同时，本书还对Kafka的设计原理及其流式处理组件进行了较深入的探讨，并给出了翔实的案例。 本书共分为10章：第1章全面介绍消息引擎系统以及Kafka的基本概念与特性，快速带领读者走进Kafka的世界；第2章简要回顾了Apache Kafka的发展历史；第3章详细介绍了Kafka集群环境的搭建；第4、5章深入探讨了Kafka客户端的使用方法；第6章带领读者一览Kafka内部设计原理；第7~9章以实例的方式讲解了Kafka集群的管理、监控与调优；第10章介绍了Kafka新引入的流式处理组件。