Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "A public dataset named samples.natality is queried"

A block of code is set as follows:

#standardSQL 
SELECT 
 weight_pounds, state, year, gestation_weeks 
FROM 
 `bigquery-public-data.samples.natality` 
ORDER BY weight_pounds DESC LIMIT 10; 

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

#standardSQL 
SELECT 
 weight_pounds, state, year, gestation_weeks 
FROM 
 `bigquery-public-data.samples.natality` 
ORDER BY weight_pounds DESC LIMIT 10; 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

curl -f -O http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/cloud/bigtable/bigtable-beam-import/1.1.2/bigtable-beam-import-1.1.2-shaded.jar

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "To upload the datafile, click on the Choose file button."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.