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Classic Hadoop

Learning Hadoop exposes you to the MapReduce programming model, which involves breaking down complex tasks into smaller subtasks (map) and then aggregating the results (reduce). This approach enhances your understanding of parallel processing and fault tolerance.
Hadoop’s HDFS teaches you about distributed data storage, replication strategies, and data retrieval mechanisms. You’ll understand how to manage data across a cluster for reliability and quick access.

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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.