I just created the jira :)  Its brand new so it wont be useful just yet -
and also - similar to steve's comment - it is for learning the ecosystem,
not the underlying plumbing of distributed java apps.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-1089


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:31 AM, ankit nadig <ankitr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks a lot!
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Jay Vyas <jayunit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And also, if you want to help out: we are developing blueprints in the
> > bigtop project specifically for people who want to learn how real world
> > bigdata workflows look.
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 4:52 AM, Steve Loughran <ste...@hortonworks.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > You need to know that we don't really consider Hadoop a good place to
> > learn
> > > about Java or distributed system programming: it is simply too complex.
> > > It's like learning C by writing linux kernel device drivers -so we
> > > explicitly warn against trying to do this
> > >
> > > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HadoopIsNot
> > >
> > > That said: we do we welcome new developers, and there is even a touch
> of
> > C
> > > code lurking in there too.
> > >
> > > What I'd recommend is you start not by delving into the code of Hadoop,
> > but
> > > by learning how to use it: a tool to answer questions about data; a
> > > platform you can build bigger applications from.
> > >
> > > This leads to two possible projects
> > >
> > > 1. Think of something you are curious about and from which you can grab
> > > public datasets from. A lot of government open datasets are really
> > > interesting, especially when merged with other datasets. Then analyse
> it
> > > -if you can find something interesting and new then that's something
> you
> > > can talk about and get known for.
> > >
> > > 2. Try writing a web application using Hadoop and its nosql database(s)
> > as
> > > the back end -either web or mobile device front end, HBase/Accumulo at
> > the
> > > back, HDFS underneath. This will give you experience in how the stack
> > fits
> > > together.
> > >
> > > Doing either of these not only gradually introduces you into the world
> of
> > > Hadoop & friends, it introduces you to the concepts gradually, rather
> > than
> > > dropping you into source code which is not only big and complex, but
> > whose
> > > main test setup -a few tens of servers- is a big investment on its own
> > > -though renting cluster time from a cloud provider can provide an
> > emulation
> > > of that rack of machines.
> > >
> > > It will also make it clear where Hadoop is lacking today -perhaps in
> some
> > > of the APIs, perhaps in the web site, and its experience on tablets and
> > > phones. Coming at those problems with the experience of actual needs
> will
> > > help shape your thinking in what should be done.
> > >
> > > Finally, while getting started with Hadoop, yes, you do need to read
> that
> > > documentation, and sign up to the Hadoop user list [
> > > http://hadoop.apache.org/mailing_lists.html#User]  if you want to get
> > help
> > > getting things to work, code against Hadoop, etc. Questions like that
> to
> > > the dev list just get ignored (sorry!)
> > >
> > >
> > > -Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On 23 September 2013 17:07, ankit nadig <ankitr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>   im a newbie...i want to learn and contribute to hadoop.I've set up a
> > >> single node cluster on ubuntu 12.04 . and i know c,c++ and am
> currently
> > >> learning Java. I haven't read any documentation and am new to open
> > source
> > >> as such.
> > >>
> > >> sorry for wasting ur time and if this is the wrong place for this mail
> > but
> > >> can u give me any guidance on how to proceed ?
> > >>
> > >> thank you.
> > >
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