Chapter 1: Discovering Databricks
The original creators of Apache Spark established Databricks to solve the world's toughest data problems. Databricks was launched as a Spark-based unified data analytics platform in the cloud.
In this chapter, we will begin by understanding the internal architecture of Apache Spark™. This will be followed by an introduction to the basic components of Databricks. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Introducing Spark fundamentals
- Introducing Databricks
- Learning about Delta Lake