Course overview
Big data is all around us, and Spark is quickly becoming an in-demand Big Data tool that employers want to see.
In this course, you’ll learn the advantages of Apache Spark. You’ll learn concepts such as Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs), Spark SQL, Spark DataFrames, and the difference between pandas and Spark DataFrames.
You’ll also learn how to install Spark and PySpark, a Python API that allows you to interact with Spark using Python code. You’ll learn how to integrate PySpark with Jupyter Notebook so you can analyze large datasets.
Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll practice and get feedback directly in the browser. You’ll work with a variety of real-world datasets, including the text of Hamlet, census data, and guest data from The Daily Show.
Key skills
- Breaking down tasks using the map-reduce framework
- Processing and transforming larger, raw files using Spark
- Working with large, unstructured datasets using Spark SQL and Spark DataFrames
Course outline
Analyzing Large Datasets in Spark and Map-Reduce [6 lessons]
Introduction to Spark 1h
Lesson Objectives- Explain the history of big data
- Define how the RDD object works in Spark
- Count using Spark
Project: Spark Installation and Jupyter Notebook Integration 1h
Lesson Objectives- Install Spark and PySpark
- Integrate PySpark with Jupyter Notebook
Transformations and Actions 1h
Lesson Objectives- Read TSV files into Spark
- Apply lambda functions over RDD objects
Challenge: Transforming Hamlet into a Data Set 1h
Lesson Objectives- Transform data from text files into RDD objects
- Clean data using lambda functions
Spark DataFrames 1h
Lesson Objectives- Employ Spark DataFrames
- Identify the difference between pandas and Spark DataFrames
- Perform basic filters with Spark DataFrames
Projects in this course
Project: Spark Installation and Jupyter Notebook Integration
Learn how to set up PySpark and integrate it with Jupyter Notebook.
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