From the Ignite 2.0 version, the whole memory architecture of the platform was redesigned, and the Ignite team brings new features and improvements in the subsequent releases. So, it was essential to release a new book regarding to the Ignite 2.x version (the book covers 2.6 version and above). 

This book is broken down into ten chapters. Most of them (9 out of 10 chapters) in this book are writing from scratch.

What you will learn:

1. Apache Ignite architecture in depth such as data distributing technics (DHT), Rendezvous hashing, memory architecture, various topology and caching strategies.
2. Apache Ignite use cases as a memory-centric distributed database, caching and computing platforms.
3. Caching strategies and how to use Apache Ignite to improve the performance of the application.
4. Using JPA (Spring Data and Hibernate OGM) with Apache Ignite for developing high-performance web applications.
5. Ignite query (SQL, API, Text and Scan queries) capabilities in depth.
6. How to accelerates the performance of your existing Hadoop ecosystem without changing any code.
7. How to use Spark RDD and Data frames for improving performance on processing fast data.
8. How to develop Hybrid Transaction and Processing (HTAP) class systems based on Apache Ignite.
9. Developing distributed Microservices in fault-tolerant fashion.
10. Processing events & streaming data for IoT projects, integrate Apache Ignite with other frameworks like Kafka, Storm, Camel, etc.
11. Configuring, management and monitoring Ignite cluster with built-in and 3^rd party tools.

The book covers Ignite version 2.6.0 and above. For every topic, a complete application is delivered, which will help the audience to quick start with the topic. The book is a project-based guide, where each chapter focuses on the complete implementation of a real-world scenario, the commonly occurring challenges in each scenario have also discussed, along with tips and tricks and best practices on how to overcome them.

This book is a lean publishing book. You buy once, and you will receive free updates every time the next version is published. When the book is completed an old-fashioned paperback version of the book will be published.

We need your feedback!

This book is in progress. We would like to hear what you think, what you like or dislike about the content of the book. Your feedback will help us to write a better book and help others to clear all the concepts.

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Readership:

Target audience of this book will be IT architect, team leaders, a programmer with minimum programming knowledge, who want to get the maximum performance from their applications.

No excessive knowledge is required, though it would be good to be familiar with Java, Spring framework and tools like Maven. The book is also useful for any reader, who already familiar with Oracle Coherence, Hazelcast, Infinispan or Memcached.

If you are not sure if this book is for you, I suggest you read the sample chapter of the book. The sample chapter is available in different formats including HTML. Anyway, I encourage you to try it out, and if you don't like the book, you can always ask a 100% refund within 45 days. Happy reading!

Source code of the book available at GitHub

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