I second this recommendation. Dean's Hive book helped me more with Hadoop than the o'reilly Hadoop book did.
Joey D'Antoni On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:57 AM, John Omernik <j...@omernik.com> wrote: > Hello William - Dean Wampler posts quit often on this list and has done (to > my eye) a great job of separating his business (he and other authors have > written a Hive book) from the community aspect of (he participates freely on > the list without a lot of self promotion). > > Therefore, I will give him some unself (is that a word?) promotion for his > book. Dean, and others have written a Hive book published by O'Reilly (I > included a link to it on Amazon) > > A few thoughts. Prior to getting the book, I had used Hive from a standpoint > of a strong SQL background and no big data experience for about a year. Much > of what Hive is and can do was abstracted away from me, and I just wrote > queries. After getting the Programming Hive book I truly understood Hive AND > I also understod Hadoop better. I had purchased the Hadoop O'Reilly book when > I started my new position, but found Hadoop to be pretty beyond me (at the > time). Since then, experience and the O'Reilly Hive book have been awesome > for me understanding what makes Hive great. Give it a shout. I have no > financial interest, and Dean and the Other Authors don't know me at all, this > is just a freely given thought on the book. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Hive-Edward-Capriolo/dp/1449319335/ > > \\\ > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:43 AM, William Kang <weliam.cl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> I just get started with Hive. >> >> I already installed Hive and finished a few examples. >> >> Would you please give me some suggestions on a few good books or >> tutorials for me to continue? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> >> William >
