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Useful classes for data engineers - Scala & Java

Waitingforcode

In this blog post I'll share with you a list of Java and Scala classes I use almost every time in data engineering projects. We all have our habits and as programmers, libraries and frameworks are definitely a part of the group. The part for Python will follow next week!

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Brief History of Data Engineering

Jesse Anderson

They were the first companies to commercialize open source big data technologies and pushed the marketing and commercialization of Hadoop. With an immutable file system like HDFS, we needed scalable databases to read and write data randomly. Apache Kafka came in 2011 and gave the industry a much better way to move real-time data.

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Scala Vs Python Vs R Vs Java - Which language is better for Spark & Why?

Knowledge Hut

One of the most important decisions for Big data learners or beginners is choosing the best programming language for big data manipulation and analysis. Java does not support Read-Evaluate-Print-Loop (REPL), which is a major deal-breaker when choosing a programming language for big data processing.

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Data Engineering Weekly #165

Data Engineering Weekly

Intuit: How Intuit data analysts write SQL 2x faster with the internal GenAI tool The productivity increase with GenAI is undeniable, and several startups are trying to solve the Text2SQL generation problem. My key highlight is that Excellent data documentation and “clean data” improve results.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Best Scala Course

Rock the JVM

This article is all about choosing the right Scala course for your journey. How should I get started with Scala? Do you have any tips to learn Scala quickly? How to Learn Scala as a Beginner Scala is not necessarily aimed at first-time programmers. Which course should I take?

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Scala For Big Data Engineering – Why should you care?

Advancing Analytics: Data Engineering

The thought of learning Scala fills many with fear, its very name often causes feelings of terror. The truth is Scala can be used for many things; from a simple web application to complex ML (Machine Learning). The name Scala stands for “scalable language.” So what companies are actually using Scala?

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Python for Data Engineering

Ascend.io

The rise of data-intensive operations has positioned data engineering at the core of today’s organizations. As the demand to efficiently collect, process, and store data increases, data engineers have started to rely on Python to meet this escalating demand. Why Python for Data Engineering?