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Tutorials for Apache Big Data technologies including Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Apache Airflow, and more critical tools for data engineers.
Join and Aggregate PySpark DataFrames

Join and Aggregate PySpark DataFrames

Perform SQL-like joins and aggregations on your PySpark DataFrames.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jun 24, 2019 • 7 min read
Spark
Working with PySpark RDDs

Working with PySpark RDDs

Working with Spark's original data structure API: Resilient Distributed Datasets.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jun 6, 2019 • 8 min read
Spark
Manage Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow

Manage Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow

Use Apache Airflow to build and monitor better data pipelines.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jun 3, 2019 • 13 min read
Apache
Structured Streaming in PySpark

Structured Streaming in PySpark

Become familiar with building a structured stream in PySpark using the Databricks interface.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
May 13, 2019 • 8 min read
Spark
Becoming Familiar with Apache Kafka and Message Queues

Becoming Familiar with Apache Kafka and Message Queues

Getting to know Apache Kafka: a horizontally scalable event streaming platform. Learn what makes Kafka critical to high-volume low-latency data pipelines.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
May 4, 2019 • 6 min read
Apache
Cleaning PySpark DataFrames

Cleaning PySpark DataFrames

Easy DataFrame cleaning techniques ranging from dropping rows to selecting important data.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Apr 27, 2019 • 18 min read
Spark
Transforming PySpark DataFrames

Transforming PySpark DataFrames

Apply transformations to PySpark DataFrames such as creating new columns, filtering rows, or modifying string & number values.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Apr 26, 2019 • 15 min read
Spark
Learning Apache Spark with PySpark & Databricks

Learning Apache Spark with PySpark & Databricks

Get started with Apache Spark in part 1 of our series, where we leverage Databricks and PySpark.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Apr 25, 2019 • 13 min read
Spark
From CSVs to Tables: Infer Data Types From Raw Spreadsheets

From CSVs to Tables: Infer Data Types From Raw Spreadsheets

The quest to never explicitly set a table schema ever again.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jan 23, 2019 • 9 min read
Big Data

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Series'

Data Analysis with Pandas 11
Build Flask Apps 11
Google Cloud Architecture 6
Learning Apache Spark 6
Mastering SQLAlchemy 4
GraphQL Tutorials 4
Welcome to SQL 4
Working with MySQL 4
Mapping Data with Mapbox 3
Python Concurrency with Asyncio 2
Web Scraping With Python 2
Getting Started with Django 2
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  • Build Flask Apps
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  • Mastering SQLAlchemy
  • Hacking Tableau Server
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  • Mapping Data with Mapbox
  • Python Concurrency with Asyncio
  • Web Scraping With Python
  • Getting Started with Django

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