Introduction to Apache Spark

Introduction to Apache Spark

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
In this course, you will be introduced to Apache Spark. You'll learn how to download and install Apache Spark, and you'll also learn how to build, configure, and initialize Spark.

Target Audience
Programmers and Developers wishing to perform big data development using Apache Spark 2.2

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Introduction to Apache Spark

start the course

describe Apache Spark 2.2 and the main components of a Spark application

download and install Apache Spark 2.2

download and install Apache Spark 2.2 on Mac OS

build Apache Spark using Apache Maven

use Spark shell for analyzing data interactively

link an application to Spark

identify the three locations Spark provides to configure the system

create a SparkContext to initialize Apache Spark

describe how Spark runs on clusters and the three supported cluster managers

use Apache Spark shell

Course Number:
df_apsk_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate