for hands-on, check out the end-to-end reference data pipeline available either from the github or docker repo's described here:
http://advancedspark.com/ i use these assets to training folks of all levels of Spark knowledge. also, some relevant videos and slideshare presentations, but might be a bit advanced for Spark n00bs. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my opinion the best way to learn something is trying it on the spot. > > As suggested if you have Hadoop, Hive and Spark installed and you are OK > with SQL then you will have to focus on Scala and Spark pretty much. > > Your best bet is interactive work through Spark shell with Scala, > understanding RDD, DataFrame, Transformation and actions. You also have > online docs and a great number of users in this forum that can potentially > help you with your questions. Buying books can help but nothing takes the > place of getting your hands dirty so to speak. > > HTH > > Dr Mich Talebzadeh > > > > LinkedIn * > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* > > > > http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com > > > > On 28 February 2016 at 22:32, Jules Damji <dmat...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hello Ashoka, >> >> "Learning Spark," from O'Reilly, is certainly a good start, and all basic >> video tutorials from Spark Summit Training, "Spark Essentials", are >> excellent supplementary materials. >> >> And the best (and most effective) way to teach yourself is really firing >> up the spark-shell or pyspark and doing it yourself—immersing yourself by >> trying all basic transformations and actions on RDDs, with contrived small >> data sets. >> >> I've discovered that learning Scala & Python through their interactive >> shell, where feedback is immediate and response is quick, as the best >> learning experience. >> >> Same is true for Scala or Python Notebooks interacting with a Spark, >> running in local or cluster mode. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jules >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Pardon the dumb thumb typos :) >> >> On Feb 28, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Ashok Kumar <ashok34...@yahoo.com.INVALID >> <ashok34...@yahoo.com.invalid>> wrote: >> >> Hi Gurus, >> >> Appreciate if you recommend me a good book on Spark or documentation for >> beginner to moderate knowledge >> >> I very much like to skill myself on transformation and action methods. >> >> FYI, I have already looked at examples on net. However, some of them not >> clear at least to me. >> >> Warmest regards >> >> > -- *Chris Fregly* Principal Data Solutions Engineer IBM Spark Technology Center, San Francisco, CA http://spark.tc | http://advancedspark.com
