In our Building a Data Pipeline course, you will learn how to build a Python data pipeline from scratch. You’ll learn concepts such as functional programming, closures, decorators, and more.

Over the course of this class, you’ll gradually write a robust data pipeline with a scheduler using the versatile Python programming language. By the time you’re finished, you’ll be able to describe the difference between imperative and functional programming. You’ll also be able to build a simple data pipeline using the functional paradigm. You’ll feel confident using functional closures in Python, implementing a well-designed pipeline API, and writing decorators and applying them to functions.

At the end of the course, you’ll work on a real-world project, using a data pipeline to summarize Hacker News data. This project is a chance for you to combine the skills you learned in this course and build a real-world data pipeline from raw data to summarization. This project also serves as a portfolio project that you can showcase to your future employer so they can feel confident in your data engineering and Python programming skills.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to understand:

• The basics of functional programming.
• How to write robust pipeline with a scheduler in Python.
• Advanced Python concepts such as closures, decorators, and more.