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Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark Using Python

You're reading from   Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark Using Python The ultimate guide to getting certified in Apache Spark using practical examples with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804619780
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Saba Shah Saba Shah
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Exam Overview
2. Chapter 1: Overview of the Certification Guide and Exam FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2: Introducing Spark
4. Chapter 2: Understanding Apache Spark and Its Applications 5. Chapter 3: Spark Architecture and Transformations 6. Part 3: Spark Operations
7. Chapter 4: Spark DataFrames and their Operations 8. Chapter 5: Advanced Operations and Optimizations in Spark 9. Chapter 6: SQL Queries in Spark 10. Part 4: Spark Applications
11. Chapter 7: Structured Streaming in Spark 12. Chapter 8: Machine Learning with Spark ML 13. Part 5: Mock Papers
14. Chapter 9: Mock Test 1
15. Chapter 10: Mock Test 2
16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Who are the Spark users?

As the world moves toward data-driven decision-making approaches, the role of data and the different types of users who can leverage it for critical business decisions has become paramount. There are different types of users in data who can leverage Spark for different purposes. I will introduce some of those different users in this section. This is not an exhaustive list, but it should give you an idea of the different roles that exist in data-driven organizations today. However, as the industry grows, many more new roles are coming up that are similar to the ones present in the following sections, although each may have its own separate role.

We’ll start with the role of data analysts.

Data analysts

The more traditional role in data today is a data analyst. The data analyst is typically the first-tier role in data. What this means is that data analysts are at the core of decision making in organizations. This role spans across different business...

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