Sessions at Northeast Scala Symposium 2012 about Hadoop and Scala with slides and video

Friday 9th March 2012

• Why Big Data Needs To Be Functional

  by Dean Wampler

  Apache Hadoop is the current darling of the "Big Data" world. Most Hadoop Applications are written in the low-level Java API or high-level languages like Hive (a SQL dialect). I examine how OOP and Java thinking is impacting the effectiveness of Hadoop, both the internals and the way you write applications. Using Scala examples from tools like Scrunch, Spark, and others, I demonstrate why functional programming is the way to improve internal efficiency and developer productivity. Finally, I look at the potential future role for Scala in Big Data.

  • Big Data
  • Hadoop
  • Scala

  At 11:25am to 12:00pm, Friday 9th March

  Coverage video slide deck