This four-day hands-on training course teaches the key concepts and knowledge developers need to use Apache Spark in developing high-performance, parallel applications on the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP).

Hands-on exercises allow students to practice writing Spark applications that integrate with CDP core components, such as Hive and Kafka. Participants will learn how to use Spark SQL to query structured data, use Spark Streaming to perform real-time processing on streaming data, and work with “big data” stored in a distributed file system.

After taking this course, participants will be prepared to face real-world challenges and build applications that make fast and relevant decisions, implementing interactive analysis applied to a wide variety of use cases, architectures, and industries.

What to expect

This course is designed for developers and data engineers. All students are expected to have basic Linux experience and basic proficiency with either Python or Scala programming languages. Basic knowledge of SQL is helpful. Prior knowledge of Spark and Hadoop is not required

What Skills You Will Gain

Through instructor-led discussion and interactive, hands-on exercises, you will learn how to:

• Distribute, store, and process data in a CDP cluster
• Write, configure, and deploy Apache Spark applications
• Use Spark interpreters and Spark applications to explore, process, and analyze distributed data
• Query data using Spark SQL, DataFrames, and Hive tables
• Use Spark Streaming together with Kafka to process a data stream

This training is provided in collaboration with PUE, Cloudera Authorized Training Center.

Course Details 

Introduction to Zeppelin

• Why Notebooks?
• Zeppelin Notes
• Demo: Apache Spark In 5 Minutes

HDFS Introduction

• HDFS Overview
• HDFS Components and Interactions
• Additional HDFS Interactions
• Ozone Overview
• Exercise: Working with HDFS

YARN Introduction

• YARN Overview
• YARN Components and Interaction
• Working with YARN
• Exercise: Working with YARN

Distributed Processing History

• The Disk Years: 2000 ->2010
• The Memory Years: 2010 ->2020
• The GPU Years: 2020 ->

Working with DataFrames

• Introduction to DataFrames
• Exercise: Introducing DataFrames
• Exercise: Reading and Writing DataFrames
• Exercise: Working with Columns
• Exercise: Working with Complex Types
• Exercise: Working with Complex Types
• Exercise: Combining and Splitting DataFrames
• Exercise: Summarizing and Grouping DataFrames
• Exercise: Working with UDFs
• Exercise: Working with Windows

Introduction to Apache Hive

• About Hive

Hive and Spark Integration

• Hive and Spark Integration
• Exercise: Spark Integration with Hive

Data Visualization with Zeppelin

• Introduction to Data Visualization with Zeppelin
• Zeppelin Analytics
• Zeppelin Collaboration
• Exercise: AdventureWorks

Distributed Processing Challenges

• Shuffle
• Skew
• Order

Spark Distributed Processing

• Spark Distributed Processing
• Exercise: Explore Query Execution Order

Spark Distributed Persistence

• DataFrame and Dataset Persistence
• Persistence Storage Levels
• Viewing Persisted RDDs
• Exercise: Persisting DataFrames

Writing, Configuring, and Running Spark Applications

• Writing a Spark Application
• Building and Running an Application
• Application Deployment Mode
• The Spark Application Web UI
• Configuring Application Properties
• Exercise: Writing, Configuring, and Running a Spark Application

Introduction to Structured Streaming

• Introduction to Structured Streaming
• Exercise: Processing Streaming Data

Message Processing with Apache Kafka

• What is Apache Kafka?
• Apache Kafka Overview
• Scaling Apache Kafka
• Apache Kafka Cluster Architecture
• Apache Kafka Command Line Tools

Structured Streaming with Apache Kafka

• Receiving Kafka Messages
• Sending Kafka Messages
• Exercise: Working with Kafka Streaming Messages

Aggregating and Joining Streaming DataFrames

• Streaming Aggregation
• Joining Streaming DataFrames
• Exercise: Aggregating and Joining Streaming DataFrames

Appendix: Working with Datasets in Scala

• Working with Datasets in Scala
• Exercise: Using Datasets in Scala