Who this book is for

This book is for first-time users of Cassandra, as well as anyone who wants a better understanding of Cassandra in order to evaluate it as a solution for their application. Since Cassandra is a standalone database, we don't assume any particular coding language or framework; anyone who builds applications for a living, and who wants those applications to scale, will benefit from reading the book. Later on, some examples have been presented in Java, but anyone with a minimalistic understanding of object-oriented programming should be able to grasp them.