Installation Requirements:

1. ScalaIDE for Eclipse is needed

   • Download from http://scala-ide.org/download/sdk.html
   • For Projects imported into Eclipse set the Scala version to 2.10.6 under Project/Properties/Scala Compiler

2. Maven

   • https://maven.apache.org/install.html

3. Git (Nice to have)

   • https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

4. Tutorial code & data

   • Download or git clone the from https://github.com/jayantshekhar/strata-2016 (You are here!!)

5. Build with 'mvn package'

6. Import into ScalaIDE for Eclipse as a maven project

7. Ensure to set the Scala version for the project in the IDE to be 2.10.6. Without it, you would run into compiler issues.

If you don't have a local Hadoop installation, you have to set the variable HADOOP_CONF Otherwise you will get an error "... Exception: Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop ..."

For Windows Users

If you don't have a local Hadoop installation, you have to set the variable HADOOP_CONF Otherwise you will get an error "... Exception: Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop ..."

Download http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/hdp-win-alpha/winutils.exe and put it to DISK:\FOLDERS\bin\

Set the variable HADOOP_CONF=DISK:\FOLDERS