Apache Spark

Beginner’s Guide to Apache Spark

Apache Spark vs. Hadoop MapReduce — pros and cons of each

Dilyan Kovachev
Published in
9 min readJan 27, 2020

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What is Apache Spark?

The company founded by the creators of Spark — Databricks — summarizes its functionality best in their Gentle Intro to Apache Spark eBook (highly recommended read — link to PDF download provided at the end

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A curious mind with an affinity for numbers, trying to understand the world through Data Science