Congrats, Jeff! I'll definitely check it out. On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM Jeff Carpenter < jeff.carpen...@choicehotels.com> wrote:
> Hello > > I’m excited to announce that the 2nd edition of Cassandra: The Definitive > Guide is now available from O’Reilly Media. > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920043041.do. > > If you’ve been around the community for awhile, you’re probably familiar > with Eben Hewitt’s 1st edition. When released in 2010, it was the first > book written on Cassandra, but the technology has changed so much since > then that it was definitely due for an update. > > The new edition is completely reworked for Cassandra 3.X, including > coverage of data modeling in CQL, SASI indexes, materialized views, > lightweight transactions, DataStax drivers, plus completely new chapters on > security deployment/integration (with a guest appearance by Patrick McFadin > on Spark integration). > > I hope that this new edition will serve as a primer to many who are just > starting with Cassandra, and as a useful reference for early adopters who > were onboard "before it was cool". > > Thanks > > > Jeff Carpenter >
