This one is coming out soon. Looks interesting: http://www.informit.com/store/practical-cassandra-a-developers-approach-9780321933942
Beside that , I found the already mentioned docs on the Datastax site to be the best information. Markus Joe Stein <crypt...@gmail.com> schrieb am 5:51 Montag, 28.Oktober 2013: Reading previous version's documentation and related information from that time in the past (like books) has value! It helps to understand decisions that were made and changed and some that are still the same.... like Secondary Indexes which were introduced in 0.7 when http://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Definitive-Guide-Eben-Hewitt/dp/1449390412 came out back in 2011. > > >If you are really just getting started then I say go and start here >http://www.planetcassandra.org/ > > > >/******************************************* > Joe Stein > Founder, Principal Consultant > Big Data Open Source Security LLC > http://www.stealth.ly > Twitter: @allthingshadoop >********************************************/ > > >On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:15 AM, ÐΞ€ρ@Ҝ (๏̯͡๏) <deepuj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >With lot of enthusiasm i started reading it. Its out-dated, error prone. I >could not even get Cassandra running from that book. Eventually i could not >get start with cassandra. >> >> >> >>On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Joe Stein <crypt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>http://www.planetcassandra.org has a lot of great resources on it. >>> >>>Eben Hewitt's book is great, as are the other C* books like the High >>>Performance Cookbook >>>http://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Performance-Cookbook-Edward-Capriolo/dp/1849515123 >>> >>>I would recommend reading both of those books. You can also read >>>http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/thrift-to-cql3 to help understandings. >>> >>> From there go with CQL http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/cql3/CQL.html >>> >>> >>> >>>/******************************************* >>> Joe Stein >>> Founder, Principal Consultant >>> Big Data Open Source Security LLC >>> http://www.stealth.ly >>> Twitter: @allthingshadoop >>>********************************************/ >>> >>> >>> >>>On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Mohan L <l.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>And here also good intro: http://10kloc.wordpress.com/category/nosql-2/ >>>> >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>>Mohan L >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Danie Viljoen <dav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>Not a book, but I think this is a good start: >>>>http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/webhelp/index.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Dave Brosius <dbros...@mebigfatguy.com> >>>>>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>Unfortunately, as tech books tend to be, it's quite a bit out of date, at >>>>>this point. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>On 10/27/2013 09:54 PM, Mohan L wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Erwin Karbasi <er...@optinity.com> >>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hey Guys, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What is the best book to learn Cassandra from scratch? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>>>>> Erwin >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Buy : >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Cassandra: The Definitive Guide By Eben Hewitt : >>>>>>>http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920010852.do >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Mohan L >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Deepak >> > > >
