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Programming MapReduce with Scalding

Programming MapReduce with Scalding

By : Antonios Chalkiopoulos
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Programming MapReduce with Scalding

Programming MapReduce with Scalding

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By: Antonios Chalkiopoulos
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Overview of this book

This book is an easy-to-understand, practical guide to designing, testing, and implementing complex MapReduce applications in Scala using the Scalding framework. It is packed with examples featuring log-processing, ad-targeting, and machine learning. This book is for developers who are willing to discover how to effectively develop MapReduce applications. Prior knowledge of Hadoop or Scala is not required; however, investing some time on those topics would certainly be beneficial.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Introduction to MapReduce
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1. Introduction to MapReduce
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The Hadoop platform
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MapReduce
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MapReduce abstractions
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Introducing Cascading
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Summary
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2. Get Ready for Scalding
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2. Get Ready for Scalding
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Why Scala?
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Scala basics
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Scala build tools
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Hello World in Scala
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Development editors
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Installing Hadoop in five minutes
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Running our first Scalding job
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Submitting a Scalding job in Hadoop
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Summary
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3. Scalding by Example
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3. Scalding by Example
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Reading and writing files
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Understanding the core capabilities of Scalding
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Operations on groups
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A simple example
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Typed API
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Summary
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4. Intermediate Examples
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4. Intermediate Examples
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Logfile analysis
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Exploring ad targeting
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5. Scalding Design Patterns
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5. Scalding Design Patterns
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The external operations pattern
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The dependency injection pattern
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The late bound dependency pattern
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6. Testing and TDD
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6. Testing and TDD
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Introduction to testing
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MapReduce testing challenges
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Development lifecycle with testing strategy
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TDD for Scalding developers
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Black box testing
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7. Running Scalding in Production
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7. Running Scalding in Production
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Executing Scalding in a Hadoop cluster
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Scheduling execution
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Coordinating job execution
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Configuring using a property file
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Configuring using Hadoop parameters
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Monitoring Scalding jobs
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Using slim JAR files
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Scalding execution throttling
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8. Using External Data Stores
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8. Using External Data Stores
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Interacting with external systems
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SQL databases
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NoSQL databases
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Search platforms
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9. Matrix Calculations and Machine Learning
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9. Matrix Calculations and Machine Learning
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Text similarity using TF-IDF
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Setting a similarity using the Jaccard index
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K-Means using Mahout
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Other libraries
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Index
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MapReduce testing challenges

MapReduce applications process large amounts of data in order to infer and extract information. This causes the following:

  • A long feedback cycle from the execution to the validation of results

  • Difficulty in finding what data to use as mock data to validate results

Another set of problems is related to the logical complexity of operations. When used for business intelligence, for example, a MapReduce application is responsible for applying a possibly complex mathematical model to vast amounts of data.

Often, the computation complexity lies in the logical and mathematical concepts behind every step, similar to what happens in the development of cryptographic applications. Thus, we need to approach design and testing at a higher level.

Due to the complexity, it is difficult to specify the expected outcome of the computation in a test. This is why we need to focus on the testability of the components participating in the computation.

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