WA2936
Advanced Data Analytics with PySpark Training
Leverage the Apache Spark platform's massively parallel processing capabilities using PySpark, a Python-based language supported by Spark. Along with introducing PySpark, this course covers Spark Shell to interactively explore and manipulate data. Spark SQL is introduced for a uniform programming API to work with structured data. The course ends with covering Pandas for data manipulation and analysis and data visualization with seaborn.
Course Details
Duration
2 days
Prerequisites
Knowledge of SQL, familiarity with Python (or the ability to learn the basics of a new language)
Target Audience
Business Analysts who want a scalable platform for solving SQL-centric problem
Skills Gained
- Learn PySpark Shell Environment
- Understand Spark DataFrames
- Process Data with the PySpark DataFrame API
- Work with Pivot Tables in PySpark
- Perform Data Visualization and Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) in PySpark
Course Outline
- Introduction to Apache Spark
- What is Apache Spark
- The Spark Platform
- Spark vs Hadoop's MapReduce (MR)
- Common Spark Use Cases
- Languages Supported by Spark
- Running Spark on a Cluster
- The Spark Application Architecture
- The Driver Process
- The Executor and Worker Processes
- Spark Shell
- Jupyter Notebook Shell Environment
- Spark Applications
- The spark-submit Tool
- The spark-submit Tool Configuration
- Interfaces with Data Storage Systems
- Project Tungsten
- The Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD)
- Datasets and DataFrames
- Spark SQL, DataFrames, and Catalyst Optimizer
- Spark Machine Learning Library
- GraphX
- Extending Spark Environment with Custom Modules and Files
- The Spark Shell
- The Spark Shell
- The Spark v.2 + Command-Line Shells
- The Spark Shell UI
- Spark Shell Options
- Getting Help
- Jupyter Notebook Shell Environment
- The Spark Context (sc) and Spark Session (spark)
- Creating a Spark Session Object in Spark Applications
- The Shell Spark Context Object (sc)
- The Shell Spark Session Object (spark)
- Loading Files
- Saving Files
- Introduction to Spark SQL
- What is Spark SQL?
- Uniform Data Access with Spark SQL
- Hive Integration
- Hive Interface
- Integration with BI Tools
- What is a DataFrame?
- Creating a DataFrame in PySpark
- Commonly Used DataFrame Methods and Properties in PySpark
- Grouping and Aggregation in PySpark
- The "DataFrame to RDD" Bridge in PySpark
- The SQLContext Object
- Using JDBC Sources
- Performance, Scalability, and Fault-tolerance of Spark SQL
- Practical Introduction to Pandas
- What is pandas?
- The Series Object
- Accessing Values and Indexes in Series
- Setting Up Your Own Index
- Using the Series Index as a Lookup Key
- Can I Pack a Python Dictionary into a Series?
- The DataFrame Object
- The DataFrame's Value Proposition
- Creating a pandas DataFrame
- Getting DataFrame Metrics
- Accessing DataFrame Columns
- Accessing DataFrame Rows
- Accessing DataFrame Cells
- Using iloc
- Using loc
- DataFrames are Mutable via Object Reference!
- Deleting Rows and Columns
- Adding a New Column to a DataFrame
- Appending / Concatenating DataFrame and Series Objects
- Re-indexing Series and DataFrames
- Getting Descriptive Statistics of DataFrame Columns
- Getting Descriptive Statistics of DataFrames
- Applying a Function
- Sorting DataFrames
- Reading From CSV Files
- Writing to the System Clipboard
- Writing to a CSV File
- Fine-Tuning the Column Data Types
- Changing the Type of a Column
- What May Go Wrong with Type Conversion
- Data Visualization with seaborn in Python
- Data Visualization
- Data Visualization in Python
- Matplotlib
- Getting Started with matplotlib
- Figures
- Saving Figures to a File
- Seaborn
- Getting Started with seaborn
- Histograms and KDE
- Plotting Bivariate Distributions
- Scatter plots in seaborn
- Pair plots in seaborn
- Heatmaps
- Quick Introduction to Python for Data Engineers [OPTIONAL]
- What is Python?
- Additional Documentation
- Which version of Python am I running?
- Python Dev Tools and REPLs
- IPython
- Jupyter
- Jupyter Operation Modes
- Jupyter Common Commands
- Anaconda
- Python Variables and Basic Syntax
- Variable Scopes
- PEP8
- The Python Programs
- Getting Help
- Variable Types
- Assigning Multiple Values to Multiple Variables
- Null (None)
- Strings
- Finding Index of a Substring
- String Splitting
- Triple-Delimited String Literals
- Raw String Literals
- String Formatting and Interpolation
- Boolean
- Boolean Operators
- Numbers
- Looking Up the Runtime Type of a Variable
- Divisions
- Assignment-with-Operation
- Comments:
- Relational Operators
- The if-elif-else Triad
- Conditional Expressions (a.k.a. Ternary Operator)
- The While-Break-Continue Triad
- The for Loop
- try-except-finally
- Lists
- Main List Methods
- Dictionaries
- Working with Dictionaries
- Sets
- Common Set Operations
- Finding Unique Elements in a List
- Enumerate
- Tuples
- Unpacking Tuples
- Functions
- Dealing with Arbitrary Number of Parameters
- Keyword Function Parameters
- The range Object
- Random Numbers
- Python Modules
- Importing Modules
- Installing Modules
- Listing Methods in a Module
- Creating Your Own Modules
- Creating a Runnable Application
- List Comprehension
- Zipping Lists
- Working with Files
- Reading and Writing Files
- Reading Command-Line Parameters
- Accessing Environment Variables
- What is Functional Programming (FP)?
- Terminology: Higher-Order Functions
- Lambda Functions in Python
- Regular Expressions
- Python Data Science-Centric Libraries
- Lab Exercises
- Lab 1. Learning the Databricks Community Cloud Lab Environment
- Lab 2. Learning PySpark Shell Environment
- Lab 3. Understanding Spark DataFrames
- Lab 4. Learning the PySpark DataFrame API
- Lab 5. Processing Data in PySpark using the DataFrame API (Project)
- Lab 6. Working with Pivot Tables in PySpark (Project)
- Lab 7. Data Visualization and EDA in PySpark
- Lab 8. Data Visualization and EDA in PySpark (Project)
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