Sessions at PyCon US 2012 about Python and Cassandra in E2

Friday 9th March 2012

• Apache Cassandra and Python

  by Jeremiah Jordan

  Using Apache Cassandra from Python is easy to do. This talk will cover setting up and using a local development instance of Cassandra from Python. It will cover using the low level thrift interface, as well as using the higher level pycassa library.

  • Very brief intro to Apache Cassandra
  • What is Apache Cassandra and where do I get it?
  • Using the Cassandra CLI to setup a keyspace (table) to hold our data
  • Installing the Cassandra thrift API module
  • Using Cassandra from the thrift API
  • Connecting
  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Batch operations
  • Installing the pycassa module
  • Using Cassandra from the pycassa module
  • Connecting
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Batch operations
  • Indexing in Cassandra
  • Automatic vs Rolling your own
  • Using Composite Columns
  • Setting them up from the CLI
  • How to using them from pycassa
  • Lessons learned
  • Cassandra
  • NoSQL
  • Python

  At 2:40pm to 3:20pm, Friday 9th March

  In E2, Santa Clara Convention Center

  Coverage video slide deck note