I respectfully disagree. "Newbies" should be pointed in the direction that will ensure the highest possibility of their success with the product. This is the best decision for the project, regardless of where the documentation may reside.
As one of the authors of an early book on Cassandra, the reason we wrote it was because the ASF documentation was abysmal. Now I am happy to say that the book I wrote is obsolete, not just because it was written against an early version of Cassandra, but because the external documentation is so thorough the need for a book to be written in no longer present. If the ASF and the PMC want to promote internal documentation, then a serious amount of time and effort needs to be put into the documentation. This goes for every project in the ASF. The current state of documentation in any of the Apache projects sub-standard at best. You make mention, several times, of the community, and in this case the community has decided that the best source of documentation is the one that has had a company put financial investment into it. You can't expect a community of unpaid volunteers to be able to coordinate and contribute something of that high quality. Full disclosure, I am *not* on the PMC, nor am I an employee of DataStax or any other company that provides support for an open source project. I am a member of the community that sees the highest probability of success of this project being that the PMC supports the development of the core product while the ancillary pieces like documentation and drivers get supported by those who are paid to support it. Because lets all face the facts here, no one "likes" writing drivers and documentation, and I have done both for this project. Suffice it to say, that in my opinion, these "companies" that you seem to be trying so hard to vilify are the future of projects like this. They fill the gap that the ASF leaves with its volunteer based model. Also, to address your thinly veiled and pointed comments as of late. It seems you have already made up your mind about DataStax and are continuing in an effort to prove your point. Doing this in a public manner is toxic for the community and will do nothing more than to divide it and risk failure of the project. I suggest you confer with the PMC and the company *privately* to determine what is best for the project and ultimately the community. Best, -Russell Bradberry On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > While this may be a current great source of documentation on > Cassandra, and while it exists externally, the PMC should be > be promoting (and hopefully ensuring) that the source of documentation > for Apache Cassandra is here at the ASF. > > I’m happy to be corrected that that is the case, and/or that > I’ve missed something, but the first reply to questions like > this from newbies shouldn’t be to point to an external website. > > Cheers, > Chris > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Chief Architect > Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Director, Information Retrieval and Data Science Group (IRDS) > Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > WWW: http://irds.usc.edu/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > On 6/11/16, 8:54 AM, "Bhuvan Rawal" <bhu1ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi Deepak, > > > >You can try Datastax Docs, they are most extensive and updated > >documentation available. > >As Cassandra is a fast developing technology I wonder if there is a Book > in > >the market which covers latest features like Materialized Views/ SASI > Index > >or new SSTable Format. I believe the best starting point would be the > >Academy Tutorials and further Planet Cassandra - A week in Cassandra > series > >provides good overview of blogs and developments by Cassandra Evangelists. > >It also provides link of top blogs which help understand internal working > >of the Database. > > > >However if you still feel the need, you may refer to books, here are some > >that I know of - > >Beginning Apache Cassandra Development - Vivek Mishra - 2014 - Link > >< > https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Apache-Cassandra-Development-Mishra/dp/1484201434 > > > >Cassandra Data Modeling and Analysis - 2014 C.Y. Kan - Link > >< > https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Data-Modeling-Analysis-C-Y/dp/1783988886/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465659906&sr=1-1&keywords=cassandra+data+modeling+and+analysis > > > >Mastering Apache Cassandra - Second Edition - March 26 2015 - Link > >< > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1784392618/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1944687622&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1484201434&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=YVM1QBXHKAFK18J1XBAC > > > >Cassandra Design Patterns - 2015 - Link > >< > https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Design-Patterns-Rajanarayanan-Thottuvaikkatumana/dp/178528570X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465659937&sr=1-1&keywords=cassandra+design+patterns > > > >Cassandra High Availability - 2014 - Link > >< > https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-High-Availability-Robbie-Strickland/dp/1783989122/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465659975&sr=1-1&keywords=cassandra+high+availability > > > >Learning Apache Cassandra - Manage Fault Tolerant and Scalable Real-Time > >Data - 2015 - Link > >< > https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Apache-Cassandra-Tolerant-Real-Time/dp/1783989203/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465659975&sr=1-3&keywords=cassandra+high+availability > > > > > >Best Regards, > >Bhuvan > >Datastax Certified Architect > > > >On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Deepak Goel <deic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hey > >> > >> Namaskara~Nalama~Guten Tag~Bonjour > >> > >> I am a newbie. > >> > >> Which would be the best book for a newbie to learn Cassandra? > >> > >> Thank You > >> Deepak > >> -- > >> Keigu > >> > >> Deepak > >> 73500 12833 > >> www.simtree.net, dee...@simtree.net > >> deic...@gmail.com > >> > >> LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/deicool > >> Skype: thumsupdeicool > >> Google talk: deicool > >> Blog: http://loveandfearless.wordpress.com > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deicool > >> > >> "Contribute to the world, environment and more : > >> http://www.gridrepublic.org > >> " > >> >
