Spark with Scala Professional Development Seminar

The course will introduce Apache Spark to participants. This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge of Spark is needed. Detailed course outline is listed below.

About the Course: Apache Spark

This course will introduce Apache Spark. The students will learn how to use Spark for data analysis. We will cover the latest Spark version 2.

The course and labs cover:

• Scala Primer (if needed, optional)
• Spark ecosystem
• Installing Spark
• Spark shell for interactive data analysis
• Spark Data models : RDDs / Dataframes / Dataset
• Spark streaming

Labs will cover:

• text data
• clickstream data
• 2016 election contributions
• Spark commit logs
• plus bonus labs for people who get done early

Audience: Developers / Analysts / Architects / Engineers

Format: Full day in-person Saturday workshop + 2-hour on-line review with Q & A

Workshop (in person) : Lectures + hands-on labs. We do a lot of hands-on exercises to reinforce the concepts. Lunch and snacks included.
Review Session (online) : Q&A format

Pre-requisites:

• Developer background
• Familiarity with either Java / Scala / Python language (labs will be in Scala - a quick Scala primer will be taught to bring students up to speed)
• Basic understanding of Linux development environment (command line navigation/ editing files using VI/emacs/other text editor)

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Instructor: Sujee Maniyam, CEO & Co-Founder of Elephant Scale

About the Event

The event involves hands-on learning. Before the event you will download the 4Gb image (we will provide the link) and the Scala IDE from http://scala-ide.org to install on your laptop.

REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR LAPTOP and charger. Also remember to bring your Eventbrite ticket.

VENUE HOST: LabOne : Learn and Connect with Other Data Science and Machine Learning Enthusiasts

sfbayacm.org and Meetup

Details subject to change.

FAQ:

• "I really prefer to program Spark with Python(/Java). Can I attend this workshop?" A: All instruction and labs will be in (basic) Scala. As long as you're ok with that, you're welcome to attend.

REFUND POLICY: the cutoff date for requesting refunds is Tuesday, May 2, 2017 11:59pm. Refunds will not be issued after this date.

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