ScyllaDB University: New Lessons for February 2021

ScyllaDB University has introduced a variety of new lessons and features as of February 2021, offering comprehensive educational content for developers, DBAs, and architects. Key updates include a Change Data Capture (CDC) feature that facilitates real-time data processing, along with insights into workload prioritization, materialized views, secondary indexes, and lightweight transactions. The platform also covers essential topics such as security, with lessons on authentication, authorization, and encryption, providing a robust framework for managing identities and securing data. Additionally, learners can explore using Spark with ScyllaDB for analytics, delve into the ScyllaDB token ring architecture through new driver lessons, and gain hands-on experience with the Alternator, which is ScyllaDB's DynamoDB-compatible API. Practical guidance is offered for ScyllaDB configuration, repair processes, and monitoring, employing tools like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure optimal cluster performance. These updates underscore ScyllaDB University's commitment to delivering a free, online, and self-paced learning environment that equips users with the skills needed to build and maintain scalable, efficient databases.