Spark in Action (2 ed)

Spark in Action, Second Edition, guides you through building complete end-to-end analytics applications with Apache Spark. This fully updated edition features engaging Java-based examples, including a complete data pipeline for processing NASA satellite data. Alongside the examples, you’ll find code samples in Java, Python, and Scala on GitHub, ready for exploration and adaptation, as well as appendices providing a quick reference for tool installation and Spark-specific terminology.

What’s Inside:

• Developing Spark applications using Java
• Understanding Spark application architecture and design
• Ingesting data from files, databases, streaming sources, and Elasticsearch
• Querying and analyzing distributed datasets using Spark SQL

This edition equips you with the practical knowledge to harness Spark’s full potential, from data ingestion to processing and analysis, enabling you to build robust, high-performance analytics solutions.