Apache Avro is a language-neutral data seriapzation system, developed by Doug Cutting, the father of Hadoop. This is a brief tutorial that provides an overview of how to set up Avro and how to seriapze and deseriapze data using Avro.

Audience

This tutorial is prepared for professionals aspiring to learn the basics of Big Data Analytics using Hadoop Framework and become a successful Hadoop developer. It will be a handy resource for enthusiasts who want to use Avro for data seriapzation and deseriapzation.

Prerequisites

Before you start proceeding with this tutorial, we assume that you are already aware of Hadoop s architecture and APIs, and you have experience in writing basic apppcations, preferably using Java.