title: Hadoop 2 Quick-Start Guide: Learn the Essentials of Big Data Computing in the Apache Hadoop 2 Ecosystem (Addison-wesley Data & Analytics Series)
author: Douglas Eadline
description: <b>Douglas Eadline</b> began his career as a practitioner and a chronicler of the Linux cluster HPC revolution and now documents Big Data analytics. Starting with the first Beowulf Cluster how-to document, Doug has written hundreds of articles, white papers, and instructional documents covering virtually all aspects of High Performance Computing (HPC). Prior to starting and editing the popular ClusterMonkey.net website in 2005, he served as editor-in-chief for ClusterWorld Magazine, and was senior HPC editor for <i>Linux Magazine</i>. Currently, he is a writer and consultant to the HPC/Data Analytics industry and leader of the Limulus Personal Cluster Project (limulus.basement-supercomputing.com). He authored <i>Hadoop Fundamentals LiveLessons, Second Edition</i> (2015), and <i>Apache Hadoop YARN LiveLessons</i> (2014), and is coauthor of <i>Apache Hadoop&trade; YARN</i> (2014), all from Addison-Wesley. <p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;
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  About the Tutorial 
  Apache Avro is a language-neutral data serialization system, developed by Doug 
  Cutting, the father of Hadoop. This is a brief tutorial that provides an overview of 
  how to set up Avro and how to serialize and de-serialize data using Avro. 
  Audience 
  This tutorial is prepared for professionals aspiring to learn the basics of Big Data 
  Analytics using Hadoop Framework and become a successful Hadoop developer. 
  It will be a handy resource for enthusiasts who want to use Avro for data 
  serialization and deserialization. 
  Prerequisites 
  Before you start proceeding with this tutorial, we assume that you are already 
  aware of Hadoop's architecture and APIs, and you have experience in writing basic 
  applications, preferably using Java. 
  Copyright & Disclaimer 
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