<p><a href="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo" style="border: none;"><img src="/source/static/img/logos/mongodb.jpg" width="100%" alt="MongoDB logo." class="technical-diagram" /></a></p>

</ul>

<h1>Apache Cassandra</h1>

<p><a href="http://cassandra.apache.org/">Apache Cassandra</a> is a column-family NoSQL

data store occasionally used for persisting data in

<a href="/web-development.html">Python web applications</a> and

<a href="/data.html">data projects</a>.</p>

<p><a href="http://cassandra.apache.org/" style="border: none;"><img src="/source/static/img/logos/cassandra.png" width="100%" alt="Apache Cassandra project logo." class="technical-diagram" /></a></p>

<div class="well see-also">Apache Cassandra is an implementation of the <a href="/no-sql-datastore.html">NoSQL database</a> concept. Learn more in the <a href="/data.html">data</a> chapter or view the <a href="/table-of-contents.html">table of contents</a> for all topics.</div>

<h2>Python with Cassandra resources</h2>

<ul>

<li>

<p><a href="https://datastax.github.io/python-driver/">DataStax's Python Cassandra driver</a>

can be installed as an

<a href="/application-dependencies.html">application dependency</a> to make it

easier to access and work with Cassandra in your Python applications.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p><a href="http://rustyrazorblade.com/2016/02/async-python-and-cassandra-with-gevent/">Async Python and Cassandra with Gevent</a>

explains how you monkeypatch <a href="http://www.gevent.org/">gevent</a> into

a Python 2.7 application and work with Cassandra using gevent's coroutines.

Note that this post could have instead been written with

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html">asycnio</a> if it were

coded with Python 3.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p><a href="http://www.slothparadise.com/how-to-install-and-use-cassandra-on-django/">How to Install and Use Cassandra on Django</a>

instructs how to use Cassandra with Django 1.8 but it should still be

relevant for newer Django versions as well.</p>

</li>