Jules, Could you please post links to these interactive shells for Python and Scala? On Feb 28, 2016 5:32 PM, "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 > >
