Course Outline
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Scala Primer
- An introductory overview of Scala
- Labs: Getting Started with Scala
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Spark Fundamentals
- Historical background
- Relationship between Spark and Hadoop
- Core concepts and architecture
- The Spark ecosystem (Core, Spark SQL, MLlib, Streaming)
- Labs: Installing and Running Spark
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Introduction to Spark
- Executing Spark in local mode
- Navigating the Spark Web UI
- Utilizing the Spark Shell
- Data analysis - Part 1
- Examining RDDs
- Labs: Exploring the Spark Shell
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Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs)
- RDD concepts
- Partitions
- RDD operations and transformations
- Different RDD types
- Key-Value pair RDDs
- Implementing MapReduce patterns on RDDs
- Caching and persistence strategies
- Labs: Creating and Inspecting RDDs; Caching RDDs
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Spark API Programming
- Introduction to the Spark API and RDD API
- Submitting your first Spark program
- Debugging and logging techniques
- Configuration properties
- Labs: Programming with the Spark API; Submitting Jobs
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Spark SQL
- SQL capabilities within Spark
- Working with DataFrames
- Defining tables and importing datasets
- Querying DataFrames using SQL
- Storage formats: JSON and Parquet
- Labs: Creating and Querying DataFrames; Evaluating Data Formats
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MLlib
- Introduction to MLlib
- MLlib algorithms
- Labs: Developing MLlib Applications
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GraphX
- Overview of the GraphX library
- GraphX APIs
- Labs: Processing Graph Data with Spark
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Spark Streaming
- Streaming overview
- Evaluating Streaming platforms
- Streaming operations
- Sliding window operations
- Labs: Writing Spark Streaming Applications
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Spark and Hadoop Integration
- Introduction to Hadoop (HDFS and YARN)
- Hadoop and Spark architecture
- Running Spark on Hadoop YARN
- Processing HDFS files using Spark
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Spark Performance and Tuning
- Broadcast variables
- Accumulators
- Memory management and caching
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Spark Operations
- Deploying Spark in production environments
- Sample deployment templates
- Configuration best practices
- Monitoring strategies
- Troubleshooting techniques
Requirements
PRE-REQUISITES
Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, or Python (laboratory exercises will utilize Scala and Python).
Fundamental knowledge of the Linux development environment, including command-line navigation and file editing with VI or nano.
Testimonials (6)
Doing similar exercises different ways really help understanding what each component (Hadoop/Spark, standalone/cluster) can do on its own and together. It gave me ideas on how I should test my application on my local machine when I develop vs when it is deployed on a cluster.
Thomas Carcaud - IT Frankfurt GmbH
Course - Spark for Developers
Ajay was very friendly, helpful and also knowledgable about the topic he was discussing.
Biniam Guulay - ICE International Copyright Enterprise Germany GmbH
Course - Spark for Developers
Ernesto did a great job explaining the high level concepts of using Spark and its various modules.
Michael Nemerouf
Course - Spark for Developers
The trainer made the class interesting and entertaining which helps quite a bit with all day training.
Ryan Speelman
Course - Spark for Developers
We know a lot more about the whole environment.
John Kidd
Course - Spark for Developers
Richard is very calm and methodical, with an analytic insight - exactly the qualities needed to present this sort of course.