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KEY FEATURES

COBOL stands for COmmon Business-Oriented Language, and is one of the oldest programming languages. It is used extensively in industries such as banking, insurance, and retail, and many experts estimate that it runs over 70 percent of the world’s business transactions. In this course, you’ll be introduced to the basics of COBOL application development, so you can start training to add this valuable skill to your resume.

• Access over 7 hours of content 24/7
• Describe & code the layout of a basic COBOL program
• Code COBOL programs w/ conditional & repetitive processing
• Write COBOL programs that read & write sequential files
• Compile, link & run COBOL programs using JCL

PRODUCT SPECS

• Length of time users can access this course: 12 months
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but basic z/OS JCL for JES2 or JES 3, and TSO/ISPF would be helpful

THE EXPERT

At GogoTraining, their mission is to help you master the world by unlocking your full potential. They do that by working with technology masters to create curriculum paths in key technologies. These paths allow you to jump in at the level that is right for you so you can master the technology.

Mary Abdill is the founder and president of Creative Data Movers, Inc., and brings to her company rich and diverse technical and training experience. Mary is a consultant, IT instructor, courseware developer, and popular stand-up instructor with specialized skills in the area of application design and development. She brings to her students a rich and diverse technical and training experience. A skilled and enthusiastic instructor, Mary teaches a wide variety of mainframe and web application development courses and workshops for IT developers, support personnel and end users.

For more details on this course and instructor, click here.

KEY FEATURES

This second part of the Enterprise COBOL Programming course will further your understanding of COBOL basics, while shoring up an excellent foundation for a career in COBOL programming. You’ll focus on various types of sequential I/O, and report writing, as well as intrinsic functions and table processing. By course’s end, you’ll have a certification that will give you a leg up in many industries.

• Access over 7 hours of content 24/7
• Code & run COBOL programs that process raw data or stored data
• Make appropriate use of copybooks
• Create new data sets using Transaction Master Logic
• Build complex reports such as multi-level control break reports
• Code tables, indices, subscripts, intrinsic functions, & appropriate compile options
• Search tables using SEARCH, SEARCH ALL, & PERFORM

PRODUCT SPECS

• Length of time users can access this course: 12 months
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but basic z/OS JCL for JES2 or JES 3, and TSO/ISPF would be helpful

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

At GogoTraining, their mission is to help you master the world by unlocking your full potential. They do that by working with technology masters to create curriculum paths in key technologies. These paths allow you to jump in at the level that is right for you so you can master the technology.

Mary Abdill is the founder and president of Creative Data Movers, Inc., and brings to her company rich and diverse technical and training experience. Mary is a consultant, IT instructor, courseware developer, and popular stand-up instructor with specialized skills in the area of application design and development. She brings to her students a rich and diverse technical and training experience. A skilled and enthusiastic instructor, Mary teaches a wide variety of mainframe and web application development courses and workshops for IT developers, support personnel and end users.

For more details on this course and instructor, click here.

KEY FEATURES

Life is better with music. With the Soundfreaq Double Spot Bluetooth Wireless Speaker, you can play your favorite music anywhere. Simply sync with your smartphone and tablet, and enjoy premium-quality sound, without having to juggle any wires. Better yet? You can even charge your device while listening with the built-in USB charging port.

• Stream audio for music, video, games & podcasts from any app, straight from your Bluetooth-capable device
• Play & skip tracks wirelessly w/ buttons right on the speaker
• Control the tone w/ 3 presets: flat, warm, & bright
• Charge any device w/ the built-in USB power port
• Keep your music going for up to 6 hours of playtime w/ the built-in rechargeable battery

PRODUCT SPECS

• Bluetooth 4.0
• Dimensions: 11″ x 4.5″ x 3.1″
• Weight: 972 g
• Battery life: Up to 6 hours
• USB port with 1A output

Includes

• Soundfreaq Double Spot Bluetooth Wireless Speaker (black)

Compatibility

• Bluetooth-capable devices

KEY FEATURES

Phone cameras these days are certainly impressive, but what’s more impressive, is how easily augmented they are. With this Universal 3-in-1 Clip-On Lens Kit, you can dramatically improve the quality and capabilities of your phone’s camera in just seconds. It’s as simple as clipping either a 180 degree fish eye, wide-angle, or macro lens on to your device and snapping away!

• Choose between a 180 degree fish eye lens, wide-angle lens, or macro lens & watch your camera’s possibilities grow
• Bring the kit w/ you anywhere w/ the included carrying pouch
• Clip on & remove from your phone confidently–no damage is done

Note: the Wide lens unscrews to allow use of the Macro lens.

PRODUCT SPECS

• Compatible w/ any smartphone or tablet w/ a camera

  Includes

  • 180 Degree Fish Eye Lens
  • Wide-angle Lens
  • Macro Lens (connected to the wide-angle lens)
  • Carrying Pouch
  • Lens Cover

KEY FEATURES

Going for a run, walk, or just working in the yard for the day? You probably want to listen to your music, but wires are a total nuisance when you’re moving around a lot. These Bluetooth headphones solve that problem. Delivering outstanding sound quality, and fitting comfortably in your ears without slippage, you’ll be able to spend hours plugged in, without ever actually plugging in.

• Powerful audio performance w/ solid bass & crisp highs in a securely-fitting & moisture-resistant design w/ Liquipel
• Unique in-ear & ear hook design allows you to go about activities w/o worrying about headphones falling off
• Solid 7 hours battery life per charge w/ built-in large capacity rechargeable battery
• Ideal for outdoor & fitness enthusiasts

PRODUCT SPECS

• Bluetooth 4.1
• CSR chipset
• Range: 10 meters
• Weight: 0.64 oz

Compatibility

• Smartphones w/ Bluetooth capability
• iPad

KEY FEATURES

First-person Point of View (FPV) is the next frontier in drone technology, enabling you to attach your phone to the remote control aerial model and see from the drone’s perspective in real time. Optimize the experience with the W407 FPV Headset, virtually placing you right in the action!

• FVP Headset allows you to see what the drone sees from ground level
• Easier than ever to fly w/ the latest 6-axis flight control system
• One-key turn allows you to call it back w/ the touch of a button
• Flies at night w/ colorful LED lights
• Uses 3D Flip n’ Roll for continuous 360 degree performance
• Captures HD quality video
• Supports Go Pro’s Hero camera (not included)

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Dimensions: 16.9″ × 13.8″ × 7.5″
• Weight: 420g
• Model: W400R
• Channel: 5 Channel
• Frequency: 2.4 GHz
• Flight time: about 8-10 min
• Charging time: about 150 min (Wall Charging)
• Control distance: around 492+ feet
• Battery: 7.4V 1250mAh li-polymer
• Transmitter battery: 3 x AA battery (not included)
• Function: forward/backward, up/down, turn left/turn right, side flight in left and right, 360 degree rolling

Includes:

• W400 Voyager Drone (black)
• W407V FPV VR Headset
• 2.4GHz Transmitter
• 7.4V 1250mAh li-polymer
• Wall Charger
• 4 Spare Replacement Blades
• Blade Guards/Landing Gear
• Screwdriver
• Instruction Manual
• Phone Mount
• GoPro Mount

Compatibility

• Android
• iOS
• Camtech FPV app free to download

KEY FEATURES

Going to be away from an outlet for awhile? No problem! Keep all your devices powered up and on the grid with this handy manufacturer-refurbished external charger. Portable, tough, and providing up to 8 complete charges for most smartphones, the Mophie Powerstation XL is the ideal companion for trips, hikes, nights on the town, or any time you’ll be away from an outlet.

• 12,000mAh provides a high output for fast charging
• 3 levels of charging–500mAh, 1A, & 2.1A–give you control over how fast you want to charge
• Provides up to 8 complete battery charges for most smartphones
• Capable of charging 2 tablets simultaneously
• Compatible w/ any USB-outfitted cable to charge virtually any device

PRODUCT SPECS

• 12,000mAh battery
• Dimensions: 4.5″ x 2.8″ x 1″
• Weight: 11 oz
• 500mAh/1A/2.1A charging capabilities
• LED charging status indicator

Compatibility

• iOS
• Android
• USB-outfitted devices

• Manufacturer-Refurbished Mophie Powerstation XL External Battery (black)
• Micro USB Cable

KEY FEATURES

Linux’s presence in the modern marketplace is growing, as it offers a cost-effective way to provide powerful, scalable server computing. As such, there’s an increasing demand for Linux technicians, and the CompTIA Linux+ certification is one of the best you can earn to verify your abilities for this high-paying IT position. This course will take you from the most basic concepts of Linux through to installation, deployment, and security measures on the Linux system. By course’s end, you’ll be ready to ace the CompTIA Linux+ certification exam and head towards a professional IT career.

• Access 10 comprehensive modules 24/7
• Learn the advanced Linux management skills required to run a corporate Linux server environment
• Gain skills & experience to become a valuable member of a server management team
• Understand common command line operations & how to use Shell commands
• Configure & access hardware resources from the Linux operating system
• Partition & manage hard disk drive space & filesystems
• Deploy & configure the X desktop user interface to simplify management & usage of the Linux system
• Use quizzes, flash cards & unit tests to assess your course progress

Note: The CompTIA Linux+ certification exam is not included in this course.

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: 1 year
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all level
• Free technical support available 24/5 via email, telephone and online chat
• Limit: 1 for you, unlimited as gifts

Compatibility:

• Mac
• iPhone
• iPad
• Windows 7 or later
• Android
• Browser Supported: Internet Explorer 8 or later, Google Chrome, Safari 6 or later, Mozilla Firefox

Note: If using Apple Safari, you must change your preferences. For more information, click here.

THE EXPERT

Vizualcoaching is an institution of passionate and talented educationists who support over 300,000 students all over the world.
The institution consists of over 180 individuals all specialising in their own aspects of combining education with technology. For more details on this course and instructor, click here.

KEY FEATURES

Battery life and fragility. The two banes of an iPhone’s existence. Well, this manufacturer-refurbished case addresses both of those existential threats, snuggling your iPhone 6 or 6s in a secure embrace while delivering a fast, efficient charge. Really, it’s you proof.

• Extend your phone’s battery life w/ the rechargeable 2750mAh Lithium-ion polymer battery contained in the case
• Protect your phone w/ the hard, slim case w/ superior shock absorption
• Flip the power on or off whenever you decide your phone needs a quick boost
• Install easily by just slipping your iPhone in to the case & going on your way

PRODUCT SPECS

• Rechargeable 2750mAh Lithium-ion polymer battery
• Level 2 high impact protection
• Additional talk time: up to 28 hours
• Additional web browsing time: up to 20 hours
• Additional video playback time: up to 22 hours

Compatibility

• iPhone 6/6s

Includes

• Mophie Juice Pack Air Battery Case for iPhone 6/6s (black)
• Headphone adapter

KEY FEATURES

As noted in the title of this deal, wine is awesome. What’s even awesomer is when wine is delivered to your door. At WineAwesomeness, top sommeliers curate new boxes of the most delicious, eclectic wines from around the world every month, and send them to you with detailed descriptions and pairing suggestions.

• Enjoy a carefully curated 3 pack of red, white, or a variety of wines
• Impress a date w/ the perfect pairing, provided by a curatorial team led by a Food & Wine Sommelier of the Year
• Explore different wines of the world w/ creative wine choices every month
• Buy more of the wines you love from WineAwesomeness’s wine list

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Redeem either red, white, or variety pack on vendor’s website

KEY FEATURES

Ruby on Rails can seem overwhelming at first, but it doesn’t have to be! In this course, you’ll follow along with step-by-step instructions for building your first web app in minutes. You’ll be amazed how quick and easy it is to create very professional looking websites, even if you have no programming or web design experience at all. You don’t even need to know the Ruby programming language to get started–so what are you waiting for?

• Learn to use Ruby on Rails for web development w/ 24 videos & 5 hours of content
• Watch the creation of a Pinterest website
• Follow along & build your own clone of the Pinterest site
• Get a solid understanding of Ruby on Rails & how to use it to build awesome web apps
• Watch the videos at your own pace
• Post questions along the way if you get stuck

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: beginner

Compatibility

• Internet required
• Some web programming knowledge such as HTML & CSS suggested

THE EXPERT

John Elder is a pioneer in Internet Marketing who created one of the first Internet advertising networks back in 1997. He sold it to a publicly traded company at the height of the dot com boom and then went on to create the best-selling Submission-Spider search engine submission software that’s been used by over 3 million individuals and small businesses in over 45 countries.

Today he teaches Web Development courses at Codemy the online code school he founded. John graduated with honors with a degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis where he was an artsci scholar.

KEY FEATURES

This unique course provides a thorough introduction to using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) to build web applications with Ruby on Rails. Why? The advantages go on and on– for example the feature specs used extensively in BDD read like plain English. This allows end users and developers to easily communicate with each other, and even allows end users to write the features themselves.

• Learn Behavior Driven Development w/ 102 lectures & 13 hours of content
• Gain essential RSpec & Capybara experience for automated testing
• Emulate browser-based user behavior to complete a business process from beginning to end
• Give your resume a boost
• Build two complex & functional web apps
• Learn to work w/ external JavaScript libraries for charts & date pickers
• Study migrations, one-to-many & many-to-many associations
• Utilize Rails 4.2

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: intermediate

Compatibility

• Basic understanding of Rails suggested
• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Mashrur Hossain has been a technology professional for over a decade and holds degrees in both Computer Science and Economics. He has worked with Enterprise Software Systems throughout his career with roles in analysis, development, and management. He is very passionate about web application development, and believes Ruby on Rails has proven to be a very strong force in this field. Join him for his comprehensive Ruby on Rails Developer courses as he guides you through the world of web application development using Rails.

Emmanuel Asante studied mining engineering and information systems at the University of South Africa. While working in the mines, he developed various mining, rock mechanics, and geological applications using languages ranging from Perl, Turbo Pascal to C#, Java and Ruby. In particular, he developed a mining production information management system, as well as a pit crew performance management system, both for Thompson Creek Metals (Endako Mines). Also noteworthy was his client management application for Snowden Mining Industry Consultants.

KEY FEATURES

Unfamiliar with Ruby on Rails? Time to get with the program: Rails is the framework of choice for big-name tech companies, including Soundcloud and Kickstarter. In this course, you’ll learn to connect databases and accept user input, ending your lessons with the ability to build stunning apps faster than you’ve dreamed. That, and you’ll be able to slap “Ruby on Rails” onto your resume–something you’ll appreciate when employers come knocking.

• Dive into Ruby on Rails w/ 5 hours of content
• Install & set up your programming environment
• Master Rails fundamentals: models, controllers, views, etc.
• Connect databases to Rails apps
• Complete a challenging course project
• Create fully interactive Rails apps & websites

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

• Internet required

  THE EXPERT

  Stone River eLearning was founded in 2011, and calls itself the Online Technology Bootcamp. It has taught over 250,000 students through its website and reseller partners since its founding, with a focus on developing high quality video training in all areas of the tech field.

KEY FEATURES

Go beyond the basics of this extremely popular programming language by diving into advanced concepts. Based on the instructor’s book The Book Of Ruby, this course provides all source code as you explore a deeper understanding of this dynamic language.

• Take your Ruby skills to the next level w/ 13 hours of content & 37 lectures
• Experiment w/ included source code
• Get into the advanced features of Ruby like blocks & procs, threads, regular expressions, exception handling, singletons & metaprogramming
• Follow along w/ the supplied course notes
• Become an expert at the language used by some of the most popular websites
• Learn to write easily maintainable code

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: intermediate

Compatibility

• Internet required
• Knowledge of Ruby basics required

THE EXPERT

Huw Collingbourne is a programmer with over 30 years’ experience, and a published technology writer. He is the technology director at SapphireSteel Software, which created the Ruby in Steel Ruby programming environment. He has written about numerous coding languages, and is most notably the author of the Little Book of Ruby.

KEY FEATURES

Projects in Ruby On Rails is for developers looking to upgrade their skills without enrolling in a full time coding institution. Primarily taught in Linux, this course also includes tutorials to help you get started in Windows if needed. The following projects have been selected and created for this course, and will not only help you understand the core concepts of Ruby on Rails, but also teach you essential best practices for web development.

• Upgrade your Ruby on Rails skills w/ over 47 lectures & 13 hours of content
• Install Ruby on Rails & MySQL to build a simple web app
• Create a complete blog management system like WordPress while mastering Ruby technique
• Explore professional Ruby techniques while creating a Ruby image gallery
• Extend your code to make a shopping cart
• Learn to use Ruby code effectively in commercial projects
• Study best software development practices

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: intermediate

Compatibility

• Internet required
• Basic knowledge of Ruby and Rails & Linux suggested

THE EXPERT

Eduonix creates and distributes high-quality technology training content on the web! Their team of industry professionals have been training manpower for more than a decade, and aim to teach technology the way it’s used in the professional world. They have a professional team of trainers for technologies ranging from mobility to web to enterprise to database and server administration.

KEY FEATURES

Hive is a Big Data processing tool that helps you leverage the power of distributed computing and Hadoop for analytical processing. Its interface is somewhat similar to SQL, but with some key differences. This course is an end-to-end guide to using Hive and connecting the dots to SQL. It’s perfect for both professional and aspiring data analysts and engineers alike. Don’t know SQL? No problem, there’s a primer included in this course!

• Access 86 lectures & 15 hours of content 24/7
• Write complex analytical queries on data in Hive & uncover insights
• Leverage ideas of partitioning & bucketing to optimize queries in Hive
• Customize Hive w/ user defined functions in Java & Python
• Understand what goes on under the hood of Hive w/ HDFS & MapReduce
  

  PRODUCT SPECS

  Details & Requirements

  


  • Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
  • Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
  • Certification of completion not included
  • Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
  • Experience level required: all levels, but knowledge of SQL and Java would be helpful

  


  Compatibility

  • Internet required

  THE EXPERT

  Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Big Data sounds pretty daunting doesn’t it? Well, this course aims to make it a lot simpler for you. Using Hadoop and MapReduce, you’ll learn how to process and manage enormous amounts of data efficiently. Any company that collects mass amounts of data, from startups to Fortune 500, need people fluent in Hadoop and MapReduce, making this course a must for anybody interested in data science.

• Access 71 lectures & 13 hours of content 24/7
• Set up your own Hadoop cluster using virtual machines (VMs) & the Cloud
• Understand HDFS, MapReduce & YARN & their interaction
• Use MapReduce to recommend friends in a social network, build search engines & generate bigrams
• Chain multiple MapReduce jobs together
• Write your own customized partitioner
• Learn to globally sort a large amount of data by sampling input files

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals–Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh–who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Analysts and data scientists typically have to work with several systems to effectively manage mass sets of data. Spark, on the other hand, provides you a single engine to explore and work with large amounts of data, run machine learning algorithms, and perform many other functions in a single interactive environment. This course’s focus on new and innovating technologies in data science and machine learning makes it an excellent one for anyone who wants to work in the lucrative, growing field of Big Data.

• Access 52 lectures & 8 hours of content 24/7
• Use Spark for a variety of analytics & machine learning tasks
• Implement complex algorithms like PageRank & Music Recommendations
• Work w/ a variety of datasets from airline delays to Twitter, web graphs, & product ratings
• Employ all the different features & libraries of Spark, like RDDs, Dataframes, Spark SQL, MLlib, Spark Streaming & GraphX

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but some knowledge of Python and Java are assumed

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

The functional programming nature and the availability of a REPL environment make Scala particularly well suited for a distributed computing framework like Spark. Using these two technologies in tandem can allow you to effectively analyze and explore data in an interactive environment with extremely fast feedback. This course will teach you how to best combine Spark and Scala, making it perfect for aspiring data analysts and Big Data engineers.

• Access 51 lectures & 8.5 hours of content 24/7
• Use Spark for a variety of analytics & machine learning tasks
• Understand functional programming constructs in Scala
• Implement complex algorithms like PageRank & Music Recommendations
• Work w/ a variety of datasets from airline delays to Twitter, web graphs, & Product Ratings
• Use the different features & libraries of Spark, like RDDs, Dataframes, Spark SQL, MLlib, Spark Streaming, & GraphX
• Write code in Scala REPL environments & build Scala applications w/ an IDE
  

  PRODUCT SPECS

  Details & Requirements

  


  • Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
  • Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
  • Certification of completion not included
  • Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
  • Experience level required: all levels, but some knowledge of Java or C++ is assumed

  


  Compatibility

  • Internet required

  THE EXPERT

  Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

For Big Data engineers and data analysts, HBase is an extremely effective databasing tool for organizing and manage massive data sets. HBase allows an increased level of flexibility, providing column oriented storage, no fixed schema and low latency to accommodate the dynamically changing needs of applications. With the 25 examples contained in this course, you’ll get a complete grasp of HBase that you can leverage in interviews for Big Data positions.

• Access 41 lectures & 4.5 hours of content 24/7
• Set up a database for your application using HBase
• Integrate HBase w/ MapReduce for data processing tasks
• Create tables, insert, read & delete data from HBase
• Get a complete understanding of HBase & its role in the Hadoop ecosystem
• Explore CRUD operations in the shell, & with the Java API

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but some knowledge Java is assumed

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Think about the last time you saw a completely unorganized spreadsheet. Now imagine that spreadsheet was 100,000 times larger. Mind-boggling, right? That’s why there’s Pig. Pig works with unstructured data to wrestle it into a more palatable form that can be stored in a data warehouse for reporting and analysis. With the massive sets of disorganized data many companies are working with today, people who can work with Pig are in major demand. By the end of this course, you could qualify as one of those people.

• Access 34 lectures & 5 hours of content 24/7
• Clean up server logs using Pig
• Work w/ unstructured data to extract information, transform it, & store it in a usable form
• Write intermediate level Pig scripts to munge data
• Optimize Pig operations to work on large data sets

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but some knowledge of SQL, Hadoop, and MapReduce is assumed

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Data sets can outgrow traditional databases, much like children outgrow clothes. Unlike, children’s growth patterns, however, massive amounts of data can be extremely unpredictable and unstructured. For Big Data, the Cassandra distributed database is the solution, using partitioning and replication to ensure that your data is structured and available even when nodes in a cluster go down. Children, you’re on your own.

• Access 44 lectures & 5.5 hours of content 24/7
• Set up & manage a cluster using the Cassandra Cluster Manager (CCM)
• Create keyspaces, column families, & perform CRUD operations using the Cassandra Query Language (CQL)
• Design primary keys & secondary indexes, & learn partitioning & clustering keys
• Understand restrictions on queries based on primary & secondary key design
• Discover tunable consistency using quorum & local quorum
• Learn architecture & storage components: Commit Log, MemTable, SSTables, Bloom Filters, Index File, Summary File & Data File
• Build a Miniature Catalog Management System using the Cassandra Java driver

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but some knowledge of SQL, Hadoop, and MapReduce is assumed

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Working with Big Data, obviously, can be a very complex task. That’s why it’s important to master Oozie. Oozie makes managing a multitude of jobs at different time schedules, and managing entire data pipelines significantly easier as long as you know the right configurations parameters. This course will teach you how to best determine those parameters, so your workflow will be significantly streamlined.

• Access 23 lectures & 3 hours of content 24/7
• Install & set up Oozie
• Configure Workflows to run jobs on Hadoop
• Create time-triggered & data-triggered Workflows
• Build & optimize data pipelines using Bundles

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but some knowledge of Hadoop and MapReduce is assumed

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Flume and Sqoop are important elements of the Hadoop ecosystem, transporting data from sources like local file systems to data stores. This is an essential component to organizing and effectively managing Big Data, making Flume and Sqoop great skills to set you apart from other data analysts.

• Access 16 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
• Use Flume to ingest data to HDFS & HBase
• Optimize Sqoop to import data from MySQL to HDFS & Hive
• Ingest data from a variety of sources including HTTP, Twitter & MySQL

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels, but knowledge of HDFS, HBase, and Hive shells is required

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Loonycorn is comprised of four individuals—Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan, Swetha Kolalapudi and Navdeep Singh—who have honed their tech expertises at Google and Flipkart. The team believes it has distilled the instruction of complicated tech concepts into funny, practical, engaging courses, and is excited to be sharing its content with eager students.

KEY FEATURES

Stay on the grid, even on those long runs, with the SMART FIT Mini Fitness & Health Monitor Watch. This watch will monitor your activity and sleep, and sync with your device via Bluetooth to alert you of incoming texts and calls. With a built-in pedometer, sleep-tracker, and progress reports, you’ll be able to see your progress on the SMART FIT app, free for every user.

• View the OLED bright display in any light
• Monitor & set goals for daily activity
• Use as a remote w/ your smartphone camera
• Use as an anti-loss alarm: will sound an alarm if more than 50 feet away
• Sync back to your phone post-activity & leave your phone at home
• Resist water thanks to IPX6 water-resistant standard

To purchase in sky blue, see drop-down above.

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Material: silicone band, metal locks
• Completely adjustable to fit any wrist
• Water resistant standard: IPX6
• Manufacturer’s 6-month warranty & free support
• Android & iOS apps available

Includes:

• SMART FIT Mini Fitness & Health Monitor Watch (black)
• USB charging cable

Compatibility

• Android 4.3 or later
• iOS 8.0 or later