How to Practice Hadoop Online

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Sign up for Cloudera for a 6-part course and interactive tutorials.. Try free online courses through Cloudera if you already know the basics.. Take a university-level course on Coursera if you want more theory.

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Sign up for Cloudera for a 6-part course and interactive tutorials.

Step 1

Sign up for Cloudera for a 6-part course and interactive tutorials.

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Try free online courses through Cloudera if you already know the basics.

Step 2

Try free online courses through Cloudera if you already know the basics.

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Take a university-level course on Coursera if you want more theory.

Step 3

Take a university-level course on Coursera if you want more theory.

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Follow a free course on Big Data University for a cost-friendly option.

Step 4

Follow a free course on Big Data University for a cost-friendly option.

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Search for walkthroughs on YouTube if you need free, specific training.

Step 5

Search for walkthroughs on YouTube if you need free, specific training.

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Use Yahoo's free tutorials if you want to practice with a virtual example.

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Use Yahoo's free tutorials if you want to practice with a virtual example.

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Refer to the IBM Open Source document for free, in-depth instructions.

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Refer to the IBM Open Source document for free, in-depth instructions.

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Ask if you can implement Hadoop at work to practice with real data.

Step 8

Ask if you can implement Hadoop at work to practice with real data.

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Look for simple projects to practice your skills on.

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Look for simple projects to practice your skills on.

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Regularly check your code with small subsets to work out any bugs.

Step 10

Regularly check your code with small subsets to work out any bugs.

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Use a 1-year free trial to practice on a virtual machine environment.

Step 11

Use a 1-year free trial to practice on a virtual machine environment.

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