ThisbookisintendedfordevelopersandBigDataengineerswhowanttoknowallaboutHBaseatahands-onlevel.Forin-depthunderstanding,itwouldbehelpfultohaveabitoffamiliaritywithHDFSandMapReduceprogrammingconceptswithnopriorexperiencewithHBaseorsimilartechnologies.ThisbookisalsoforBigDataenthusiastsanddatabasedeveloperswhohaveworkedwithotherNoSQLdatabasesandnowwanttoexploreHBaseasanotherfuturistic,scalabledatabasesolutionintheBigDataspace.