Big Data For Chimps
A practical guide to exploratory data analytics using Hadoop with Pig and Ruby for terabyte-scale data processing.
What is Big Data For Chimps?
Big Data for Chimps is a guidebook for data scientists and analysts working with terabyte-scale data processing using Hadoop. It provides practical approaches to exploratory data analytics, focusing on using high-level languages like Pig and Ruby to simplify Hadoop workflows. The book helps practitioners uncover meaningful questions from large datasets while maximizing their time and creative problem-solving.
Data scientists, data analysts, and developers who need to perform exploratory analytics on large datasets using Hadoop. It's particularly valuable for those who want to use Hadoop as a practical tool rather than dealing with its complexity as a framework.
Developers choose this guide because it provides a uniquely practical approach to Hadoop analytics using high-level languages, focuses specifically on exploratory data science workflows, and offers just enough Hadoop internals knowledge to be effective without overwhelming complexity.
Overview
A Seriously Fun guide to Big Data Analytics in Practice
Use Cases
Best For
- Learning practical Hadoop analytics without deep Java programming
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