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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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About the Course

Manipulating big data distributed over a cluster using functional concepts is rampant in industry, and is arguably one of the first widespread industrial uses of functional ideas. This is evidenced by the popularity of MapReduce and Hadoop, and most recently Apache Spark, a fast, in-memory distributed collections framework written in Scala. In this course, we'll see how the data parallel paradigm can be extended to the distributed case, using Spark throughout. We'll cover Spark's programming model in detail, being careful to understand how and when it differs from familiar programming models, like shared-memory parallel collections or sequential Scala collections. Through hands-on examples in Spark and Scala, we'll learn when important issues related to distribution like latency and network communication should be considered and how they can be addressed effectively for improved performance. Learning Outcomes. By the end of this course you will be able to: - read data from persistent storage and load it into Apache Spark, - manipulate data with Spark and Scala, - express algorithms for data analysis in a functional style, - recognize how to avoid shuffles and recomputation in Spark, Recommended background: You should have at least one year programming experience. Proficiency with Java or C# is ideal, but experience with other languages such as C/C++, Python, Javascript or Ruby is also sufficient. You should have some familiarity using the command line. This course is intended to be taken after Parallel Programming: https://www.coursera.org/learn/parprog1....

Top reviews

BP

Nov 28, 2019

Excellent overview of Spark, including exercises that solidify what you learn during the lectures. The development environment setup tutorials were also very helpful, as I had not yet worked with sbt.

CC

Jun 7, 2017

The sessions where clearly explained and focused. Some of the exercises contained slightly confusing hints and information, but I'm sure those mistakes will be ironed out in future iterations. Thanks!

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By joao d s

Apr 9, 2017

Really helpful, it's a really good way to get to know how spark works as well as a good round up on basic data mining.

By srinivasa k

Jan 1, 2018

I really liked the course, it gave me head start on spark definitely there is much more to learn, nice intro course.

By OUMOUSS E M

Jun 18, 2017

Very good course, it is a must for anyone who is starting in spark using scala, thanks a lot, it did really help me

By German A S G

Apr 22, 2018

Good course, it goes beyond functional algorithms and teaches also about how to improve performance of the cluster

By Gregory E

Mar 10, 2018

Good course, shows a lot of useful and unobvious things about Spark. But not always has well described assignments

By Adrian D

Dec 22, 2020

The course is explained very well but the assignments are a bit ambiguous. The requirements can be a bit clearer.

By Vlad F

Mar 14, 2018

I learned a great deal about the Spark API. I recommend it to anybody eager to self educate after working hours.

By Aleksander K

Apr 2, 2017

This class is great! Highly recomended! It helped me to understand and perform better at my daily working tasks!

By Jevelson S

May 17, 2017

This course is awesome. I got a pretty good idea of spark. In fact this course helped me understand scala well.

By Wei-Ting C

Sep 13, 2017

This is my first completed course on Coursera! It's good for understanding Apache Spark's RDD and its usage.

By Roman Z

Apr 14, 2017

I like the course tempo very much. It kept me away from doing anything else while listening to the lectures.

By Tomasz J

Apr 8, 2017

Great, short course, which gives great insight into Spark and ad-hoc data processing on Hadoop-ish clusters.

By Sreeraj R P

Jan 6, 2019

Very good course for a great start in Spark. Require some initial knowledge and coding experience in Scala.

By Rocky J

May 8, 2017

Great subject, well explained with solid weekly assignments make this course a stellar learning experience.

By Andrey M

Jan 10, 2019

Thank you for the great introduction in to the Spark, What it is and What are the most commonly used APIs.

By Daniele M

Jun 22, 2019

Great Introduction to spark. Programming assignments helped me to improve my skills. Thank you very much.

By Rajesh B

Jul 16, 2019

Very nice explanation, trainer has good knowledge, course materials are good, video quality is too good.

By Kolja M

Mar 25, 2018

Very nice in depth learnings. The teacher is very good and keeps the lessons short but still meaningful.

By Zdeněk H

Jul 22, 2017

Thanks to this course I think that I have finally understood partitioning and everything about Datasets.

By radhia b

Sep 15, 2020

Excellent cours! par contre je n'arrive pas à obtenir mon certificat. Est cela toujours possible? Merci

By Marco B

Mar 16, 2018

Excellent course!

Well-developed lectures and good-structured modules

With hands-on programming examples

By Jijo T

Apr 13, 2017

It was well worth the wait! The instructor was good. Assignments were challenging as well as hands on!

By Shashank B

Oct 15, 2017

It is an excellent course with good clear explanation of theoretical concepts and practical examples.

By Francois S

Sep 6, 2020

Very good in depth explanation of spark. Recommended for those who want to further understand spark.

By 本达 续

Aug 4, 2017

A very natural application of functional programming to real world distributed computation problems.