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Scala for Data Engineers

By studying Scala, you’ll strengthen your grasp of object-oriented principles like classes, objects, inheritance, and encapsulation.
Scala’s support for concurrency and parallelism, including actors and the Akka toolkit, will enable you to develop applications that efficiently handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Scala can be used for building web applications using frameworks like Play Framework. You’ll learn how to create web APIs and manage asynchronous programming.

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Apache Spark

Learning Spark will familiarize you with the concept of in-memory data processing and its advantages. You’ll learn how Spark leverages memory to speed up computations and iterative algorithms, resulting in significant performance improvements.
You’ll learn techniques to optimize Spark jobs for efficiency, such as data partitioning, caching, and leveraging built-in optimizations. This knowledge is crucial for ensuring optimal performance in real-world scenarios.
You’ll understand how Spark integrates with other big data tools and ecosystems, like Hadoop, cloud platforms, databases, and data warehouses. This knowledge is essential for building end-to-end data pipelines.

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Apache Airflow

You’ll understand how to design, define, and schedule complex workflows using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs). This knowledge is fundamental for orchestrating tasks and dependencies within a workflow.
You’ll understand how to use Airflow’s scheduling capabilities, including cron-like expressions and interval-based triggers, to control when and how often your workflows run.
You’ll gain the ability to integrate Airflow with various external systems, databases, cloud services, and APIs, enabling you to automate a wide range of tasks and operations.