Developing Spark with other IDEs
IntelliJ is a very popular IDE, which a lot of engineers use for developing Spark applications. I also like the Zeppelin IDE, which is very interactive, with good visualization capabilities, and supports Python, Scala, Java, and SQL.
To keep it simple and focused on our goals of working with Spark, we will use the Spark shell most of the time in this book.
Tip
We want to make sure you understand the essentials of Spark and get to work with all its features and not worry about IDEs. Once you are familiar with Spark, you can use your favorite language and IDE.