Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

Piggybacking off this - how are you guys teaching DataFrames and Datasets to new users? I haven't taken the edx courses but I don't see Spark SQL covered heavily in the syllabus. I've dug through the Databricks documentation but it's a lot of information for a new user I think - hoping there is

Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

Integrate spark with apache zeppelin https://zeppelin.apache.org/ its again a very handy way to bootstrap with spark. -- View this message in context:

Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

A couple options: (1) You can start locally by downloading Spark to your laptop: http://spark.apache.org/downloads.html , then jump into the Quickstart docs: http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/quick-start.html (2) There is a free Databricks community edition that runs on AWS:

Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

Thanks a ton, guys. On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:57 PM, raghav wrote: > I am newbie in the world of big data analytics, and I want to teach myself > Apache Spark, and want to be able to write scripts to tinker with data. > > I have some understanding of Map Reduce but have

Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

The one you're looking for is the Data Sciences and Engineering with Apache Spark at https://www.edx.org/xseries/data-science-engineering-apacher-sparktm. Note, a great quick start is the Getting Started with Apache Spark on Databricks at https://databricks.com/product/getting-started-guide HTH!

Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

Can you please point out the right courses from EDX/Berkeley ? Many thanks. On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 6:08 PM, ayan guha wrote: > I would start with Spark documentation, really. Then you would probably > start with some older videos from youtube, especially spark summit >

Re: Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

.com From: ayan guha Date: 2016-11-07 10:08 To: raghav CC: user Subject: Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark I would start with Spark documentation, really. Then you would probably start with some older videos from youtube, especially spark summit 2014,2015 and 2016 videos. Rega

Re: Newbie question - Best way to bootstrap with Spark

I would start with Spark documentation, really. Then you would probably start with some older videos from youtube, especially spark summit 2014,2015 and 2016 videos. Regading practice, I would strongly suggest Databricks cloud (or download prebuilt from spark site). You can also take courses from