If you're very new to hadoop you will find this book a bit too complicated. I would suggest starting by something simpler like the beginner's guide ( http://www.amazon.com/Hadoop-Beginners-Guide-Garry-Turkington-ebook/dp/B00BKXQT8S/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390371397&sr=1-6&keywords=hadoop )
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Cooleaf <cool...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi folks, > I am new to Hadoop and I am trying to learning Hadoop follow > the book(Hadoop: The definitive guide 2nd edition), I found the sample code > is under 0.20, should I learn and exercise it under Hadoop 1.0 version? I > have installed Hadoop 2.2 which is another branch. > > thanks, > > Xiaoguang >