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Tables and queries (simple) -- Understanding complex data types (simple) -- Using Hive non-interactively (simple) -- Join optimizations (medium) -- Setting the file format (simple) -- Writing a custom SerDe (intermediate) -- Using static partitions (intermediate) -- Using dynamic partitions (intermediate) -- Using functions (simple) -- Adding custom logic with streaming (intermediate) -- Simple user-defined functions (intermediate) -- Advanced user-defined functions (Advanced) -- User-defined table-generating functions (advanced) -- User-defined aggregation functions (advanced).