Is it worth purchasing Mahout in Action to get up to speed with Mahout, or are there other better sources?

Question

I\'m currently a very casual user of Apache Mahout, and I\'m considering purchasing the book Mahout in Action. Unfortunately, I\'m having a really hard time getting an idea of h

Answer 1

Currently the best out there. Probably as mature as the product. Some aspects are better than others, insight into the underlying implementation is good, practical methods to get up and running on Linux, mac osx, etc for beginners not so much. Defining a clear strategy about how to keep a recommender updated is iffy. Production examples pretty thin. Good as a starting point but you need a lot more. Authors make best attempt to help, but is a pretty new product. All in all, yes, buy it.