At its core, MapReduce is a combination of two functions — map() and reduce(), as its name would suggest. A quick look at a sample Java program will help you get your bearings in MapReduce.

MapReduce needs to be pluggable, just like Web servers are now. Web applications can be easily developed in C# (and other languages), which is why the Web became mainstream as a platform, even ...

Since this is only a basic tutorial series, Carlo mentions that he’ll hit that up later. So, if you know Java and want to play around with Hadoop, here is an excellent place to begin.

Pig bridges the gap between Hadoop Hive and Hadoop MapReduce Java programming. It is nowhere near as simple or familiar as Hive’s SQL dialect; but, it can be used to create more complex multi-step ...

Big Data platforms like Hadoop and Spark require strong programming skills in MapReduce (Java) and Scala / Python, respectively. As Data Science Managers, will you be expected to code? Probably you ...