William Abernethy

RANDY ABERNETHY is a partner at RX-M LLC, a leading cloud-native systems consultancy. He has been an Apache Thrift user for almost a decade and is currently an Apache Thrift committer and PMC member. He has a passion for distributed systems technology and markets, frequently working with clients in the capital markets and financial services spaces.

books by William Abernethy

Programmer’s Guide to Apache Thrift
  • March 2019
  • ISBN 9781617296161
  • 592 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Software Development

Programmer’s Guide to Apache Thrift provides comprehensive coverage of distributed application communication using the Thrift framework. Packed with code examples and useful insight, this book presents best practices for multi-language distributed development. You’ll take a guided tour through transports, protocols, IDL, and servers as you explore programs in C++, Java, and Python. You’ll also learn how to work with platforms ranging from browser-based clients to enterprise servers.