Getting Started with Avro

Question

I want to get started with using Avro with Map Reduce. Can Someone suggest a good tutorial / example to get started with. I couldnt find much through the internet search.

Answer 1

Other links:

• JavaDocs are sometimes needed.
• This InfoQ article may be of some use
• Avro Serialization

The main problem I see with documentation (little that does exist) is that it focuses on very laborious "generic" approach; which seems odd because it combines worst of both world -- you must still provide full schema for data, but get no benefit from static types or such. The automatic code-generation is more convenient, but less well covered.