Hi guys,

this is not really a question. I want to know is this book
(Programming Pig)<http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pig-Alan-Gates/dp/1449302645/>outdated?
The book says it is based on 0.8 with some additions from
0.9(because at time of releasing book 0.9 has not been released). Now Pig
is in version 1.0. Is there any massive changes in these versions? Can this
book be a good resource for learning Pig?

In open source community no book can be ever latest , so we have to live by
this :)

I would suggest you to start from this book and see the latest
documentation on pig website.side by side to see latest features

Good luck
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Majid Azimi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> this is not really a question. I want to know is this book
> (Programming Pig)<
> http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pig-Alan-Gates/dp/1449302645/>outdated?
> The book says it is based on 0.8 with some additions from
> 0.9(because at time of releasing book 0.9 has not been released). Now Pig
> is in version 1.0. Is there any massive changes in these versions? Can this
> book be a good resource for learning Pig?
>

Agree with Mr. Jagat.

Regards,
    Mohammad Tariq

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Jagat Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In open source community no book can be ever latest , so we have to live by
> this :)
>
> I would suggest you to start from this book and see the latest
> documentation on pig website.side by side to see latest features
>
> Good luck
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Majid Azimi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > this is not really a question. I want to know is this book
> > (Programming Pig)<
> > http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pig-Alan-Gates/dp/1449302645/
> >outdated?
> > The book says it is based on 0.8 with some additions from
> > 0.9(because at time of releasing book 0.9 has not been released). Now Pig
> > is in version 1.0. Is there any massive changes in these versions? Can
> this
> > book be a good resource for learning Pig?
> >
>

It is a bit dated but an excellent resource for learning Pig. We give each
new data engineer a copy! Probably the biggest change from my point of view
is the use of JSONStorage() now built in at 0.10 so one does not need to
wrangle with a custom loader. When I started a couple years back, the only
loader I could get to work with JSON was the one that Alan presents in this
book. Without that I would have pulled out the rest of my remaining hairs!

Robert Yerex
Data Scientist
Civitas Learning

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Mohammad Tariq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Agree with Mr. Jagat.
>
> Regards,
>     Mohammad Tariq
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Jagat Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > In open source community no book can be ever latest , so we have to live
> by
> > this :)
> >
> > I would suggest you to start from this book and see the latest
> > documentation on pig website.side by side to see latest features
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Majid Azimi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > this is not really a question. I want to know is this book
> > > (Programming Pig)<
> > > http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pig-Alan-Gates/dp/1449302645/
> > >outdated?
> > > The book says it is based on 0.8 with some additions from
> > > 0.9(because at time of releasing book 0.9 has not been released). Now
> Pig
> > > is in version 1.0. Is there any massive changes in these versions? Can
> > this
> > > book be a good resource for learning Pig?
> > >
> >
>

--
Robert Yerex
Data Scientist
Civitas Learning
www.civitaslearning.com