Awesome!! Thank you Mr. Nathan,
Great to have a guide like you and helping us all, Regards, Kartik On May 11, 2015 5:07 PM, "Paco Nathan" <cet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Note that O'Reilly Media has test prep materials in development. > > The exam does include questions in Scala, Python, Java, and SQL -- and > frankly a number of the questions are about comparing or identifying > equivalent Spark techniques between two of those different languages. The > questions do not go into much detail for any of the languages Scala, > Python, Java -- emphasis is on using Spark, not language nuances. Also, > there is no coding required: the questions typically to have several code > blocks and you select among them to identify the best answer. > > Overall the exam is targeted at an "intermediate Spark user, with > background as an application developer in either Python, Scala, or Java, > and some familiarity with Big Data and distributed systems." Those were the > requirements. Five different practice areas assess the following: > > 1. Understanding breadth of Spark API usage across Scala, Java, Python > 2. Applying best practices to avoid runtime issues and performance > bottlenecks > 3. Distinguishing Spark features and practices from MapReduce usage > 4. Integrating SQL, Streaming, ML, Graph atop the Spark unified engine > 5. Solving typical use cases with Spark in Scala, Java, Python > > > Understanding how Spark operates in a production environment is a major > emphasis of the exam. > > Understanding about typical kinds of serialization exceptions is also > important. If you look through earlier talks about Spark best practices > from Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, et al., those are great > for prep. > > > BTW, the Kryterion platform allows a person taking the test to mark > questions for revisiting later. So if a problem seems difficult or > non-intuitive, just mark it and move on the to the next one. Then come back > to the marked ones later. Some questions are easier, some are harder, but > the order is always randomized. There's a 90 minute limit; however, most > people who pass finish within 60 minutes. So if you use "mark for later > review" you'll likely have time at the end to revisit the harder questions. > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Gourav Sengupta <gourav.sengu...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think all the required materials for reference are mentioned here: >> http://www.oreilly.com/data/sparkcert.html?cmp=ex-strata-na-lp-na_apache_spark_certification >> >> My question was regarding the proficiency level required for Java. There >> are detailed examples and code mentioned for JAVA, Python and Scala in most >> of the SCALA tutorials mentioned in the above link for reference. >> >> >> Regards, >> Gourav >> >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:03 PM, ayan guha <guha.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Very interested @Kartik/Zoltan. Please let me know how to connect on LI >>> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:47 PM, Zoltán Zvara <zoltan.zv...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I might join in to this conversation with an ask. Would someone point >>>> me to a decent exercise that would approximate the level of this exam (from >>>> above)? Thanks! >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:37 PM Kartik Mehta <kartik.meht...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Production - not whole lot of companies have implemented Spark in >>>>> production and so though it is good to have, not must. >>>>> >>>>> If you are on LinkedIn, a group of folks including myself are >>>>> preparing for Spark certification, learning in group makes learning easy >>>>> and fun. >>>>> >>>>> Kartik >>>>> On May 5, 2015 7:31 AM, "ayan guha" <guha.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> And how important is to have production environment? >>>>>> On 5 May 2015 20:51, "Stephen Boesch" <java...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> There are questions in all three languages. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2015-05-05 3:49 GMT-07:00 Kartik Mehta <kartik.meht...@gmail.com>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I too have similar question. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My understanding is since Spark written in scala, having done in >>>>>>>> Scala will be ok for certification. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If someone who has done certification can confirm. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Kartik >>>>>>>> On May 5, 2015 5:57 AM, "Gourav Sengupta" < >>>>>>>> gourav.sengu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> how important is JAVA for Spark certification? Will learning only >>>>>>>>> Python and Scala not work? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Gourav >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best Regards, >>> Ayan Guha >>> >> >> >
