{"product_id":"9781617295522","title":"Spark in Action, Second Edition: Covers Apache Spark 3 with Examples in Java, Python, and Scala","description":"Summary\u003cbr\u003e The Spark distributed data processing platform provides an easy-to-implement tool for ingesting, streaming, and processing data from any source. In \u003ci\u003eSpark in Action, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, you’ll learn to take advantage of Spark’s core features and incredible processing speed, with applications including real-time computation, delayed evaluation, and machine learning. Spark skills are a hot commodity in enterprises worldwide, and with Spark’s powerful and flexible Java APIs, you can reap all the benefits without first learning Scala or Hadoop.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Rob Thomas.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the technology\u003cbr\u003e Analyzing enterprise data starts by reading, filtering, and merging files and streams from many sources. The Spark data processing engine handles this varied volume like a champ, delivering speeds 100 times faster than Hadoop systems. Thanks to SQL support, an intuitive interface, and a straightforward multilanguage API, you can use Spark without learning a complex new ecosystem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the book\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpark in Action, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, teaches you to create end-to-end analytics applications. In this entirely new book, you’ll learn from interesting Java-based examples, including a complete data pipeline for processing NASA satellite data. And you’ll discover Java, Python, and Scala code samples hosted on GitHub that you can explore and adapt, plus appendixes that give you a cheat sheet for installing tools and understanding Spark-specific terms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What's inside\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Writing Spark applications in Java\u003cbr\u003e Spark application architecture\u003cbr\u003e Ingestion through files, databases, streaming, and Elasticsearch\u003cbr\u003e Querying distributed datasets with Spark SQL\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the reader\u003cbr\u003e This book does not assume previous experience with Spark, Scala, or Hadoop.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the author\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean-Georges Perrin\u003c\/b\u003e is an experienced data and software architect. He is France’s first IBM Champion and has been honored for 12 consecutive years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 1 - THE THEORY CRIPPLED BY AWESOME EXAMPLES\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 So, what is Spark, anyway?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2 Architecture and flow\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3 The majestic role of the dataframe\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4 Fundamentally lazy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5 Building a simple app for deployment\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6 Deploying your simple app\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 2 - INGESTION\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7 Ingestion from files\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8 Ingestion from databases\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9 Advanced ingestion: finding data sources and building\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e your own\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10 Ingestion through structured streaming\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 3 - TRANSFORMING YOUR DATA\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11 Working with SQL\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12 Transforming your data\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13 Transforming entire documents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14 Extending transformations with user-defined functions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15 Aggregating your data\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 4 - GOING FURTHER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16 Cache and checkpoint: Enhancing Spark’s performances\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17 Exporting data and building full data pipelines\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18 Exploring deployment","brand":"Manning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46447045148913,"sku":"9781617295522","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781617295522_p0.jpg?v=1765884637","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617295522","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}