About this Course

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This course is for novice programmers or business people who would like to understand the core tools used to wrangle and analyze big data. With no prior experience, you will have the opportunity to walk through hands-on examples with Hadoop and Spark frameworks, two of the most common in the industry. You will be comfortable explaining the specific components and basic processes of the Hadoop architecture, software stack, and execution environment.   In the assignments you will be guided in how data scientists apply the important concepts and techniques such as Map-Reduce that are used to solve fundamental problems in big data.  You'll feel empowered to have conversations about big data and the data analysis process.

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Skills you will gain

Python Programming
Apache Hadoop
Mapreduce
Apache Spark

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Hadoop Basics

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 53 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

7 videos

Hadoop Stack Basics4mThe Apache Framework: Basic Modules3mHadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)5mThe Hadoop "Zoo"5mHadoop Ecosystem Major Components11mExploring the Cloudera VM: Hands-On Part 116mExploring the Cloudera VM: Hands-On Part 26m

4 readings

Apache Hadoop Ecosystem10mLesson 1 Slides (PDF)10mHardware & Software Requirements10mLesson 2 Slides - Cloudera VM Tour10m

1 practice exercise

Basic Hadoop Stack30m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Introduction to the Hadoop Stack

4 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 70 min), 6 readings, 3 quizzes

10 videos

Overview of the Hadoop Stack4mThe Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and HDFS28mMapReduce Framework and YARN8mThe Hadoop Execution Environment4mYARN, Tez, and Spark11mHadoop Resource Scheduling6mHadoop-Based Applications3mIntroduction to Apache Pig7mIntroduction to Apache HIVE7mIntroduction to Apache HBASE7m

6 readings

Hadoop Basics - Lesson 1 Slides10mLesson 2: Hadoop Execution Environment - Slides10mLesson 3: Hadoop-Based Applications Overview - All Slides10mCommand list for Applications Slides10mTips to handle service connection errors10mReferences for Applications10m

3 practice exercises

Overview of Hadoop Stack30mHadoop Execution Environment30mHadoop Applications30m

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Introduction to Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)

3 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 58 min), 5 readings, 3 quizzes

9 videos

Overview of HDFS Architecture4mThe HDFS Performance Envelope5mRead/Write Processes in HDFS4mHDFS Tuning Parameters6mHDFS Performance and Robustness9mOverview of HDFS Access, APIs, and Applications5mHDFS Commands8mNative Java API for HDFS4mREST API for HDFS8m

5 readings

Lesson 1: Introduction to HDFS - Slides10mHDFS references10mLesson 2: HDFS Performance and Tuning - Slides10mHDFS Access, APIs10mLesson 3: HDFS Access, APIs, Applications - Slides10m

3 practice exercises

HDFS Architecture30mHDFS performance,tuning, and robustness30mAccessing HDFS30m

Week4

Week 4

7 hours to complete

Introduction to Map/Reduce

7 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 27 min), 3 readings, 3 quizzes

9 videos

Introduction to Map/Reduce2mThe Map/Reduce Framework2mA MapReduce Example: Wordcount in detail4mMapReduce: Intro to Examples and Principles2mMapReduce Example: Trending Wordcount1mMapReduce Example: Joining Data4mMapReduce Example: Vector Multiplication2mComputational Costs of Vector Multiplication3mMapReduce Summary2m

3 readings

Lesson 1: Introduction to MapReduce - Slides10mA note on debugging map/reduce programs.10mLesson 2: MapReduce Examples and Principles - Slides10m

1 practice exercise

Lesson 1 Review30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM HADOOP PLATFORM AND APPLICATION FRAMEWORK

by MTOct 5, 2016

Covers the basics well, but lacks depth and integration between the weeks. E.g. it would be nice to see how to use Spark + HDFS together and what the efficiency considerations are.

by BMMar 1, 2016

Very good overview, but not extremely in-depth. It's a great course to get an understanding of the concepts and you can investigate deeper later into the topics that interest you.

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by WJOct 25, 2020

The presentation of some of the lecture materials was quite bad. It'd help if you already had some foundation. It did help me reinforce my understanding and I did learn something new.

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