Hadoop in Practice

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I want to thank Michael Noll, who pushed me to write this book. He also reviewed my early chapter drafts and helped mold the organization of the book. I can’t express how much his support and encouragement has helped me throughout the process.

I’m also indebted to Cynthia Kane, my development editor at Manning, who coached me through writing this book and provided invaluable feedback on my work. Among many notable “Aha!” moments I had while working with Cynthia, the biggest one was when she steered me into leveraging visual aids to help explain some of the complex concepts in this book.

I also want to say a big thank you to all the reviewers of this book: Aleksei Sergeevich, Alexander Luya, Asif Jan, Ayon ...