Getting Started with Apache Cassandra on Windows the Easy Way

The blog post discusses how to install, setup, and manage/monitor Apache Cassandra on a Windows machine using DataStax Community Edition. It provides step-by-step instructions for downloading and installing the software, setting up the installation directory, handling services, launching DataStax OpsCenter, and accessing various utilities like CQL shell utility, Cassandra Command Line Interface (CLI), nodetool shell program, and managing services via Windows Services Control Panel. The post also mentions that DataStax introduced a free Windows installer for Apache Cassandra, making it easier to develop against the database on Windows.