Redis Training

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In this Redis training course, students learn about Redis data structures and web applications and how to manage a Redis database.

Understand why you should use Redis.
Learn how to work with Redis data structures.
Learn about Redis Web applications support and components.
Learn how to use search-based applications.
Learn how to reduce memory use.

Introduction to Redis
- Redis Compared to Other Databases and Software
- Features
- Why Redis?
What Redis Data Structures Look Like
- Strings in Redis
- Lists in Redis
- Sets in Redis
- Hashes in Redis
- Sorted sets in Redis
Redis Web Applications
- Login and Cookie Caching
- Shopping Carts in Redis
- Web Page Caching
- Database Row Caching
- Web Page Analytics
Commands in Redis
- Strings
- Lists Sets
- Hashes
- Sorted Sets
- Publish/Subscribe
- Sorting
- Transactions
- Expiring Keys
Data Management
- Persistence Options
- Snapshots
- Append-only File Persistence
- Rewriting/Compacting Append-only Files
- Replication
- Configuring for Replication
- Master/Slave Chains
- Verifying Disk Writes
- System Failures
Application Support
- Logging to Redis
- Counters and Statistics
- Service Discovery and Configuration
- Using Redis to Store Configuration Information
Application Components
- Distributed Locking
- Fine-grained Locking
- Locks with Timeouts
- Counting Semaphores
- Fair Semaphores
- Refreshing Semaphores
- Preventing Race Conditions
- Task Queues
- Distributing Files with Redis
Search-based Applications
- Searching in Redis
- Basic Search Theory
- Sorting Search Results
- Sorted Indexes
- Sorting Search Results with ZSETs
Reducing Memory Use
- Short Structures
- The ziplist Representation
- The intset Encoding for SETs
- Performance Issues for Long ziplists and intsets
- Sharded Structures
- HASHes
- SETs
Scaling Redis
- Scaling Reads
- Scaling Writes and Memory Capacity
- Handling Shard Configuration
- Creating a Server-sharded Connection Decorator
- Scaling Complex Queries
- Scaling Search Query Volume
- Scaling Search Index Size
- Scaling a Social Network

What You Will Learn

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