L WILLIAM
5.0
Reviewed Nov 11, 2024Really amazing.
Introduction to PySpark
Welcome to Introduction to PySpark, a short course strategically crafted to empower you with the skills needed to assess the concepts of Big Data Management and efficiently perform data analysis using PySpark. Throughout this short course, you will acquire the expertise to perform data processing with PySpark, enabling you to efficiently handle large-scale datasets, conduct advanced analytics, and derive valuable insights from diverse data sources. During this short course, you will explore the industry-specific applications of PySpark. By the end of this course, you will be able to: 1. Attain a basic understanding of the introduction of big data, including its characteristics, challenges, and importance in modern data-driven environments. 2. Familiarize with Spark architecture and its components, such as Spark Core and Spark SQL. 3. Familiarize with distributed computing concepts and how they apply to Spark's parallel processing model. 4. Explore PySpark and big data concepts to solve data-related challenges. 5. Write PySpark code to solve real-world data analysis and processing tasks. This short course is designed for Data Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Big Data Developers seeking to enhance their skills in utilizing PySpark for data processing and analysis. Prior experience with Python and Hadoop is beneficial but not mandatory for this course. Join us on this journey to enhance your PySpark skills and elevate your analytical and design capabilities.
Status: PySpark
Status: Data Processing
BeginnerCourse4 hours
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Sparsh
5.0
Reviewed Nov 16, 2025good
Dana Franchesca Saldaña EspÃritu
4.0
Reviewed Mar 17, 2025Logré comprender la funcionalidad y diferencias entre Hadoop y PySpark.
Angel Balcazar Gutierrez
4.0
Reviewed Jan 3, 2025muy buena información, esperarÃa ampliaran un poco mas el temario.
Jorge Aguirre
4.0
Reviewed Feb 19, 2026This is a great starting point to know about this technology.
KAPIL PARMAR
4.0
Reviewed Jun 26, 2024Good course..Last hands-on video was little blur
Thomas Anneberg
2.0
Reviewed Mar 19, 2026The course covered basics of other topics such as python and dataframes, which are related, but not explicitly pyspark-specific. I also found the lecturer to be un-enthusiastic in their teaching style, most of the videos were just the lecturer reading from the slides and saying "like" or "right?" a lot, which was very distracting. The "hands on" portion was just watching the lecturer on a video go through motions very quickly without truly linking concepts together. I use pyspark in databricks and was hoping to elevate my use of it through this course. The only redeeming quality was the reading materials which I found helpful, but you could honestly just get that from the Apache Spark or Databricks help pages instead of here.
Luis Miguel MartÃn Luengo
2.0
Reviewed Jan 25, 2025No puedo decir nada bueno de un curso en el que los conceptos están explicados con vaguedades y los ejemplos de código están apliados sin orden ni concierto. PodrÃa entender conceptos explicados con generalidades si el volumen de conceptos a tratar fuesen muchos, pero no es el caso, explican 4 conceptos repetitivamente pero siempre con las mismas vaguedades. Primer curso que hago en coursera y primera decepción. Vale que la plataforma confie en las opiniones de los usuarios, pero tienen que hacer un filtro mÃnimo y descartar aquel contenido que cláramente no tenga una calidad mÃnima.
Seeun Park
2.0
Reviewed Nov 19, 2024content was much more theoretical than expected more hands on experience for the learner would have been more engaging and fun.
Kaveh
1.0
Reviewed Sep 6, 2025This course was a frustrating and disappointing experience from start to finish. The instructor relied heavily on verbal fillers and repetitive phrases such as "like", "kind of," "pretty much," "so on and so forth", and frequently ended thoughts with "right?" This poor and unfocused delivery made it nearly impossible to glean any concrete information. By the end, almost nothing of substance was actually taught. It is an embarrassment that a course of this subpar quality is offered, and I would strongly advise against it for anyone looking to gain practical skills or real knowledge.
Sugato Ray
1.0
Reviewed Oct 27, 2024Too much theory and hardly any discussion on implementation.