Getting Started With Apache Cassandra

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Getting Started With Apache Cassandra

Learn everything you need to know to use Apache Cassandra

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10,505 students enrolled

Created by Infinite Skills

Last updated 1/2017

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What you'll learn

Gain a solid understanding of working with Apache Cassandra

+ – Introduction To Cassandra

8 lectures 29:07

Important - Download These First - Working Files

Preview 00:01

0101 Introducing The Course

Preview 04:41

0102 Understanding What Cassandra Is

Preview 04:57

0103 Learning What Cassandra Is Being Used For

Preview 04:56

0104 Understanding The System Requirements

06:54

0105 How To Access Your Working Files

03:22

0106 Opening The Main Virtual Machine

02:52

0107 Pop Quiz

01:24

+ – Getting Started With The Architecture

7 lectures 20:20

0201 Understanding That Cassandra Is A Distributed Database

02:23

0202 Learning What Snitch Is For

03:53

0203 Learning What Gossip Is For

01:51

0204 Learning How Data Gets DIstributed

05:35

0205 Learning About Replication

02:12

0206 Learning About Virtual Nodes

03:01

0207 Pop Quiz

01:25

+ – Installing Cassandra

9 lectures 24:18

0301 Downloading Cassandra

02:48

0302 Ensuring Oracle Java 7 Is Installed

02:02

0303 Installing Cassandra

03:44

0304 Viewing The Main Configuration File

02:46

0305 Providing Cassandra With Permission To Directories

01:45

0306 Starting Cassandra

03:40

0307 Checking Status

04:00

0308 Accessing The Cassandra system.log File

02:05

0309 Pop Quiz

01:28

+ – Communicating With Cassandra

3 lectures 07:23

0401 Understanding Ways To Communicate With Cassandra

03:47

0402 Using Cqlsh

02:28

0403 Pop Quiz

01:08

+ – Creating A Database

5 lectures 12:11

0501 Understanding A Cassandra Database

01:53

0502 Defining A Keyspace

04:56

0503 Deleting A Keyspace

00:51

0504 Pop Quiz

01:52

0505 Lab: Create A Second Database

02:39

+ – Creating A Table

7 lectures 16:35

0601 Creating A Table

01:48

0602 Defining Columns And Data Types

02:48

0603 Defining A Primary Key

01:48

0604 Recognizing A Partition Key

02:43

0605 Specifying A Descending Clustering Order

03:02

0606 Pop Quiz

01:53

0607 Lab: Create A Second Table

02:33

+ – Inserting Data

7 lectures 33:18

0701 Understanding Ways To Write Data

01:27

0702 Using The INSERT INTO Command

04:45

0703 Using The COPY Command

05:53

0704 How Data Is Stored In Cassandra

04:21

0705 How Data Is Stored On Disk

05:28

0706 Pop Quiz

02:15

0707 Lab: Insert Data

09:09

+ – Modeling Data

6 lectures 22:39

0801 Understanding Data Modeling In Cassandra

01:21

0802 Using A WHERE Clause

04:16

0803 Understanding Secondary Indexes

02:18

0804 Creating A Secondary Index

01:38

0805 Defining A Composite Partition Key

09:33

0806 Pop Quiz

03:33

+ – Creating An Application

16 lectures 01:13:51

0901 Understanding Cassandra Drivers

02:31

0902 Exploring The DataStax Java Driver

03:14

0903 Setting Up A Development Environment

04:03

0904 Creating An Application Page

04:51

0905 Acquiring The DataStax Java Driver Files

03:23

0906 Getting The DataStax Java Driver Files Through Maven

02:23

0907 Providing The DataStax Java Driver Files Manually

02:36

0908 Connecting To A Cassandra Cluster

03:39

0909 Executing A Query

07:47

0910 Displaying Query Results - Part 1

05:59

0911 Displaying Query Results - Part 2

07:20

0912 Using An MVC Pattern

04:59

0913 Pop Quiz

02:50

0914 Lab: Create A Second Application - Part 1

05:19

0915 Lab: Create A Second Application - Part 2

09:49

0916 Lab: Create A Second Application - Part 3

03:08

+ – Updating And Deleting Data

8 lectures 39:22

1001 Updating Data

03:39

1002 Understanding How Updating Works

03:55

1003 Deleting Data

07:09

1004 Understanding Tombstones

07:17

1005 Using TTLs

05:08

1006 Updating A TTL

02:38

1007 Pop Quiz

02:37

1008 Lab: Update And Delete Data

06:59

7 more sections

Requirements

PC or Mac

Description

This Apache Cassandra training course Infinite Skills teaches you the basics of working with Cassandra. This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no experience with Cassandra is required. Experience with databases, SQL, and programming is recommended.

You will start by learning how to install Cassandra, and then move onto understanding ways to communicate with Cassandra. From there, this course will teach you how to create a database, create a table, and insert and model data. This video tutorial will also cover creating an application, updating and deleting data, selecting hardware, and adding nodes to a cluster. You will also learn how to monitor a cluster, repair and remove nodes, and redefine a cluster.

Once you have completed this video based training course, you will have a solid understanding of Cassandra, and be able to use Cassandra for your own development projects. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Who this course is for:

Beginner to Intermediate course on Apache Cassandra

Featured review

Ankur Saxena ( 53 courses, 23 reviews )

9 months ago

I’m on section 40 and so far the teacher is easy to understand and goes into enough details and the course material seems to cover things in good detail. Only thing is I’m listening to the lecture sometimes at 1.25x or 1.5x speed. But that could be just me being impatient..