Programming Mapreduce with Scalding

Scalding is a Scala library that makes it easy to write MapReduce jobs in Hadoop. It's similar to other MapReduce platforms like Pig and Hive, but offers a higher level of abstraction by leveraging the full power of Scala and the JVM. Scalding is built on top of Cascading, which is an application framework for Java developers designed to create data analytics and management systems.

This book is a practical guide to setting up a development environment and implementing simple and complex Map...