Practical Apache Spark: Using the Scala API 1st ed. Edition

Book Name: Practical Apache Spark: Using the Scala API 1st ed. Edition
Author: Subhashini Chellappan, Dharanitharan Ganesan
Publisher: Apress
ISBN-10, 13: 1484236513,9781484236512
Year: 2018
Pages: 296 pages
Language: English
File size: 25 MB
File format: PDF,EPUB

Practical Apache Spark: Using the Scala API 1st ed. Edition Pdf Book Description:

Apache Spark is a fast, open source, general-purpose memory processing engine for big data processing. This book discusses various components of Apache Spark, such as Spark Core, Spark SQL Data Frames and Datasets, Spark Streaming, Structured Streaming, Spark machine learning libraries, and SparkR with practical code snippets for each module. It also covers the integration of Apache Spark with other ecosystem components such as Hive and Kafka. The making of this book was a journey that we are glad we undertook. The journey spanned a few months, but the experience will last a lifetime. We had our families, friends, collegues, and well-wishers onboard for this journey, and we wish to express our deepest gratitude to each one of them. We would like to express our special thanks to our families, friends, and colleagues, who provided that support that allowed us to complete this book within a limited time frame.Special thanks are extended to our technical reviewers for the vigilant review and filling in with their expert opinion.We would like to thank Celestin Suresh John, Senior Manager, Apress and Springer Science and Business Media, for signing us up for this wonderful creation. We wish to acknowledge and appreciate Aditee Mirashi, coordinating editor, and the team who guided us through the entire process of preparation and publication.

The book available in several chapter and each chapter will give different explanation. the first chapter T is a prerequiste chapter that provides a high-level overview of functional programming aspects of Scala. This chapter helps you understand the functional programming aspects of Scala. Scala is a preferred language to work with Apache Spark. After this chapter, you will be able to understand the building blocks of functional programming and how to apply functional programming concepts in your daily programming tasks. There is a hands-on focus in this chapter and the entire chapter introduces short programs and code snippets as illustrations of important functional programming features. The recommended background for this chapter is some prior experience with Java or Scala. Experience with any other programming language is also sufficient. Also, having some familiarity with the command line is preferred.the book also come with example that make you easier to understand, to read and download this Practical Apache Spark: Using the Scala API you can find below.