Enterprise Data Workflows with Cascading

by Paco Nathan

There "is" an easier way to build Hadoop applications. With this hands-on book, you ll learn how to use Cascading, the open source abstraction framework for Hadoop that lets you easily create and manage powerful enterprise-grade data processing applications without having to learn the intricacies of MapReduce.Working with sample apps based on Java and other JVM languages, you ll quickly learn Cascading s streamlined approach to data processing, data filtering, and workflow optimization. This book demonstrates how this framework can help your business extract meaningful information from large amounts of distributed data.Start working on Cascading example projects right awayModel and analyze unstructured data in any format, from any sourceBuild and test applications with familiar constructs and reusable componentsWork with the Scalding and Cascalog Domain-Specific LanguagesEasily deploy applications to Hadoop, regardless of cluster location or data sizeBuild workflows that integrate several big data frameworks and processesExplore common use cases for Cascading, including features and tools that support themExamine a case study that uses a dataset from the Open Data Initiative

116 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Evil Mad Scientist

https://derwen.ai/paco
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Programming since 1972. I made the "mistake" of studying AI in grad school at Stanford a few decades ago; perseverance pays off :)

Sometimes an author and more often a speaker/instructor, in a lot of venues, although even more often working as an engineering director or consultant.

"One of the cornerstones of Modern Mass Weirdness in the late 20th Century" - Ivan Stang.