If you are a Big Data architect, developer, or a programmer who wants to develop applications or frameworks to implement real-time analytics using open source technologies, then this book is for you. This book is aimed at competent developers who have basic knowledge and understanding of Java or Scala to allow efficient programming of core elements and applications.

If you are reading this book, then you probably are familiar with the nuisances and challenges of large data or Big Data. This book will cover the various tools and technologies available for processing and analyzing streaming data or data arriving at high frequency in real or near real-time. It will cover the paradigm of in-memory distributed computing offered by various tools and technologies such as Apache Storm, Spark, Kinesis, and so on.