The book describes clearly and systematically the spark architecture and has a lot of outstanding examplesthat help the reader ...  Read More

The book describes clearly and systematically the spark architecture and has a lot of outstanding examplesthat help the reader to become familiar with the rather brilliant spark programming models.  Read Less

There isn't a resource out there that covers the spark toolset as well -- with the same level of depth and coverage in a way th...  Read More

There isn't a resource out there that covers the spark toolset as well -- with the same level of depth and coverage in a way that is approachable and easy to read.  Read Less

Beginning with the tail end of chapter 1 (what is apache spark), where the authors indicate that the majority of this book was ...  Read More

Beginning with the tail end of chapter 1 (what is apache spark), where the authors indicate that the majority of this book was written using spark 2.  Read Less

If you are new to apache spark, these three texts will help enable your going in the right direction, although keep in mind tha...  Read More

If you are new to apache spark, these three texts will help enable your going in the right direction, although keep in mind that the related tech stack is evolving and you will obviously need to supplement this material with web documentation and developer forums, as well as to get hands-on with the tooling.  Read Less

As for now, rest assured that until either the second edition of this text or a competitor text is published, you are likely to...  Read More

As for now, rest assured that until either the second edition of this text or a competitor text is published, you are likely to be served well by what the authors provide here, as it originates from databricks, the creators of spark.  Read Less