Who this book is for

Though this book is primarily aimed at data analysts and data scientists, it would help architects, programmers, and Big Data practitioners.

For a data analyst: This is useful as a reference guide for data analysts to develop analytical applications on top of Spark and Hadoop.

For a data scientist: This is useful as a reference guide for building data products on top of Spark and Hadoop.

For an architect: This book provides a complete ecosystem overview, examples of Big Data analytical applications, and helps you architect Big Data analytical solutions.

For a programmer: This book provides the APIs and techniques used in Scala and Python languages for building applications.

For a Big Data practitioner: This book helps you to understand the new paradigms and new technologies and make the right decisions.