Chapter 2. The First Table

For the next few chapters, we'll be building the persistence layer for an application called MyStatus, which allows its users to post status updates for their friends to see. In this chapter, we'll make the first table of that persistence layer, which will store user profiles.

In Chapter 1, Getting Up and Running with Cassandra, you set up a local Cassandra installation and created a keyspace, so we're prepared to hit the ground running. This chapter will provide a whirlwind tour of many core Cassandra concepts such as: