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