Bootstrapping the project
Throughout the remainder of this book, we will build an application called MyStatus, which allows users to post status updates for their friends to read. In each chapter, we'll add new functionality to the MyStatus application; each new feature will also introduce a new aspect of Cassandra.
CQL – the Cassandra Query Language
Since this is a book about Cassandra and not targeted to users of any particular programming language or application framework, we will focus entirely on the database interactions that MyStatus will require. Code examples will be in Cassandra Query Language (CQL). Specifically, we'll use version 3.1.1 of CQL, which is available in Cassandra 2.0.6 and later versions.
As the name implies, CQL is heavily ...
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