You're reading from Data Engineering with AWS Learn how to design and build cloud-based data transformation pipelines using AWS

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800560413

Length 482 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

Gareth Eagar

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: AWS Data Engineering Concepts and Trends

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Data Engineering FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Data Management Architectures for Analytics

4. Chapter 3: The AWS Data Engineer's Toolkit

5. Chapter 4: Data Cataloging, Security, and Governance

6. Section 2: Architecting and Implementing Data Lakes and Data Lake Houses

7. Chapter 5: Architecting Data Engineering Pipelines

8. Chapter 6: Ingesting Batch and Streaming Data

9. Chapter 7: Transforming Data to Optimize for Analytics

10. Chapter 8: Identifying and Enabling Data Consumers

11. Chapter 9: Loading Data into a Data Mart

12. Chapter 10: Orchestrating the Data Pipeline

13. Section 3: The Bigger Picture: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, and Machine Learning

14. Chapter 11: Ad Hoc Queries with Amazon Athena

15. Chapter 12: Visualizing Data with Amazon QuickSight

16. Chapter 13: Enabling Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

17. Chapter 14: Wrapping Up the First Part of Your Learning Journey

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