[Chicago] Apache Cassandra and Python tech talk

[J. D. Jordan]

It will probably only go until 4:45-5:00

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:21 PM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How long does the talk on Thursday run?  4:00 PM is kind of hard for
> me to get to.  Is there any point to showing up at 5:15 PM.
>
> Thanks,
> EJ
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:50 AM, J. D. Jordan <zanson at zanson.org> wrote:
>> This is a preview/practice run of the talk I will be giving at Pycon.
>>
>> https://us.pycon.org/2012/schedule/presentation/122/
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Matt O'Keefe <matt at mattokeefe.com> wrote:
>>> Please consider joining us on 3/1 for this meetup. Hope to see you there!
>>>
>>> http://www.meetup.com/Cassandra-Chicago/events/53378712/
>>>
>>> Description
>>>
>>> Using Apache Cassandra from Python is easy to do. This talk will cover
>>> setting up and using a local development instance of Cassandra from Python.
>>> It will cover using the low level thrift interface, as well as using the
>>> higher level pycassa library.
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> Abstract
>>>
>>> Very brief intro to Apache Cassandra
>>> What is Apache Cassandra and where do I get it?
>>> Using the Cassandra CLI to setup a keyspace (table) to hold our data
>>> Installing the Cassandra thrift API module
>>> Using Cassandra from the thrift API
>>> Connecting
>>> Writing
>>> Reading
>>> Batch operations
>>> Installing the pycassa module
>>> Using Cassandra from the pycassa module
>>> Connecting
>>> Reading
>>> Writing
>>> Batch operations
>>> Indexing in Cassandra
>>> Automatic vs Rolling your own
>>> Using Composite Columns
>>> Setting them up from the CLI
>>> How to using them from pycassa
>>> Lessons learned
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> Speaker Profile
>>>
>>> Jeremiah Jordan is a Software Developer at Morningstar, Inc. His team
>>> created an Operational Data Store using Python along with Apache Cassandra,
>>> MySQL, Google Protocol Buffers, ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ, and Zookeeper (all being
>>> used from Python).
>>>
>>>
>>> -Matt
>>>
>>>
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