Setting up Jupyter Notebook with Spark
In this section we will look at how to setup a Jupyter notebook with Spark. For those of you who haven't yet been able to grasp the concept of the notebook environment, it is important to understand the benefits as opposed to a traditional environment. Please do note that Jupyter Notebook is one of the many options that users have.
What is a Jupyter Notebook?
A Jupyter Notebook is an interactive computational environment which can combine execution of code, integrating rich media and text and visualizing your data with numerous visualization libraries. The notebook itself is just a small web application that you can use to create documents, and add explanatory text before sharing them with your peers or colleagues. Jupyter notebooks are being used at Google. Microsoft, IBM, NASA, and Bloomberg among many other leading companies.
Setting up a Jupyter Notebook
Following are the steps to set up a Jupyter Notebook:
- Pre-requisites - You would need Python...