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Posted to user@beam.apache.org by Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr> on 2020/06/29 00:55:08 UTC

Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Hello

Has anyone bought this book? Can you give a simple review, good or not?

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/apache-beam-a-complete-guide---2020-edition/26243355/item/36997139/

I want to buy a book for beam the specific topic, but this book seems 
too new to have enough reviews.

Thanks.

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Maximilian Michels <mx...@apache.org>.

"Streaming Systems" is a great book to understand the concepts behind 
Apache Beam and other streaming systems. However, it is not a book about 
how to write, deploy, or monitor Beam pipelines. Such a book is yet to 
come out.

As for the "Apache Beam" book you linked, that one seems to be a fraud 
based on the contents you can see here: 
https://www.amazon.com/Apache-Beam-Complete-Guide-2020/dp/1867336081 I 
strongly suggest not buying that book.

-Max

On 30.06.20 05:39, Wesley Peng wrote:
> 
> 
> Rion Williams wrote:
>> The three authors of Streaming Systems are folks that work on Google’s 
>> Dataflow Project, which for all intents and purposes is essentially an 
>> implementation of the Beam Model. Two of them are members of the Beam 
>> PMC (essentially a steering committee for the project) and you’ll 
>> frequently see them if you are active within the mailing lists here.
>>
>> As mentioned earlier in the thread, I can’t recommend Streaming 
>> Systems enough. If you are curious about Beam or want to dig into it, 
>> it’s the best book you’ll find on the topic.
> 
> Thanks for this info Rion.

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr>.


Rion Williams wrote:
> The three authors of Streaming Systems are folks that work on Google’s Dataflow Project, which for all intents and purposes is essentially an implementation of the Beam Model. Two of them are members of the Beam PMC (essentially a steering committee for the project) and you’ll frequently see them if you are active within the mailing lists here.
> 
> As mentioned earlier in the thread, I can’t recommend Streaming Systems enough. If you are curious about Beam or want to dig into it, it’s the best book you’ll find on the topic.

Thanks for this info Rion.

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Rion Williams <ri...@gmail.com>.

Hi Wesley,

In essence, yes, that’s what they did.

The three authors of Streaming Systems are folks that work on Google’s Dataflow Project, which for all intents and purposes is essentially an implementation of the Beam Model. Two of them are members of the Beam PMC (essentially a steering committee for the project) and you’ll frequently see them if you are active within the mailing lists here.

As mentioned earlier in the thread, I can’t recommend Streaming Systems enough. If you are curious about Beam or want to dig into it, it’s the best book you’ll find on the topic. 

> On Jun 29, 2020, at 8:50 PM, Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr> wrote:
> 
> Hi Luke
> 
> Luke Cwik wrote:
>> The author for Apache Beam A Complete Guide does not have good reviews on Amazon for their other books and as you mentioned no reviews for this one.
>> I would second the Streaming Systems book as the authors directly worked on Apache Beam.
> 
> 
> So, can Apache beam team in google write a book directly for the project users?
> 
> Thanks.

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr>.

Hi Luke

Luke Cwik wrote:
> The author for Apache Beam A Complete Guide does not have good reviews 
> on Amazon for their other books and as you mentioned no reviews for this 
> one.
> 
> I would second the Streaming Systems book as the authors directly worked 
> on Apache Beam.


So, can Apache beam team in google write a book directly for the project 
users?

Thanks.

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Luke Cwik <lc...@google.com>.

The author for Apache Beam A Complete Guide does not have good reviews on
Amazon for their other books and as you mentioned no reviews for this one.

I would second the Streaming Systems book as the authors directly worked on
Apache Beam.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 6:46 PM Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr> wrote:

> Hi Rion
>
> Rion Williams wrote:
> > I considered that one as well but was in the same boat in terms of not
> > pulling the trigger (lack of reviews, price point, etc.). I eventually
> > landed on Streaming Systems, which I highly, highly recommend if you
> > want to learn more about the Beam model:
> >
> > - http://streamingsystems.net/
> >
> > I don’t think there’s a better book that I’ve come across that focuses
> > on it more (and if there is one, I’d love to know about it). I wrote a
> > blog post that includes a short-review of it if you want a slightly
> > longer summary (http://rion.io/2020/05/09/an-education-in-streaming/),
> > but again - I highly recommend checking it out if you hadn’t already.
>
> Thanks for the answer. I will check the resource you gave above.
>
> Regards.
>

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr>.

Hi Rion

Rion Williams wrote:
> I considered that one as well but was in the same boat in terms of not 
> pulling the trigger (lack of reviews, price point, etc.). I eventually 
> landed on Streaming Systems, which I highly, highly recommend if you 
> want to learn more about the Beam model:
> 
> - http://streamingsystems.net/
> 
> I don’t think there’s a better book that I’ve come across that focuses 
> on it more (and if there is one, I’d love to know about it). I wrote a 
> blog post that includes a short-review of it if you want a slightly 
> longer summary (http://rion.io/2020/05/09/an-education-in-streaming/), 
> but again - I highly recommend checking it out if you hadn’t already.

Thanks for the answer. I will check the resource you gave above.

Regards.

Re: Apache Beam a Complete Guide - Review?

Posted by Rion Williams <ri...@gmail.com>.

Hi Wesley,

I considered that one as well but was in the same boat in terms of not pulling the trigger (lack of reviews, price point, etc.). I eventually landed on Streaming Systems, which I highly, highly recommend if you want to learn more about the Beam model:

- http://streamingsystems.net/

I don’t think there’s a better book that I’ve come across that focuses on it more (and if there is one, I’d love to know about it). I wrote a blog post that includes a short-review of it if you want a slightly longer summary (http://rion.io/2020/05/09/an-education-in-streaming/), but again - I highly recommend checking it out if you hadn’t already.

I hope that’s helpful and sorry I couldn’t chime in more on “The Complete Guide”.

Rion

> On Jun 28, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Wesley Peng <we...@orange.fr> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Has anyone bought this book? Can you give a simple review, good or not?
> 
> https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/apache-beam-a-complete-guide---2020-edition/26243355/item/36997139/
> 
> I want to buy a book for beam the specific topic, but this book seems too new to have enough reviews.
> 
> Thanks.