In the final capstone project you will apply the skills you learned by building a large data-intensive application using real-world data.
You will implement a complete application processing several gigabytes of data. This application will show interactive visualizations of the evolution of temperatures over time all over the world.
The development of such an application will involve:
— transforming data provided by weather stations into meaningful information like, for instance, the average temperature of each point of the globe over the last ten years ;
— then, making images from this information by using spatial and linear interpolation techniques ;
— finally, implementing how the user interface will react to users’ actions.
This course is part of the Functional Programming in Scala Specialization
Functional Programming in Scala Capstone
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Skills you will gain
Scala ProgrammingParallel ComputingApache SparkFunctional Programming
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
15 hours to complete
Project overview
Get an overview of the project and all the information to get started. Transform data provided by weather stations into meaningful information.
2 videos (Total 4 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
1 reading
Data extractions
Week
25 hours to complete
Raw data display
Transform temperature data into images, using various interpolation techniques.
1 reading
1 reading
Raw data visualizations
Week
35 hours to complete
Interactive visualization
Generate images compatible with most Web-based mapping libraries.
1 reading
1 reading
Milestone: interactive visualization in a Web apps
Week
44 hours to complete
Data manipulation
Get more meaning from your data: compute temperature deviations compared to normals.
1 reading
1 reading
Data manipulations
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Good course, some of the assignments could have been more explicit with expectations in cases where specific implementation details matter but the forums were helpful in that regard anyways.
Outstanding set of courses.\n\nJust to counter comments about grader stability and lack of grader feedback - I never encountered this in any of the 5 courses.
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Dr. Julien Richard-Foy
Computer ScientistScala Center
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About the Functional Programming in Scala Specialization
Discover how to write elegant code that works the first time it is run.
This Specialization provides a hands-on introduction to functional programming using the widespread programming language, Scala. It begins from the basic building blocks of the functional paradigm, first showing how to use these blocks to solve small problems, before building up to combining these concepts to architect larger functional programs. You'll see how the functional paradigm facilitates parallel and distributed programming, and through a series of hands on examples and programming assignments, you'll learn how to analyze data sets small to large; from parallel programming on multicore architectures, to distributed programming on a cluster using Apache Spark. A final capstone project will allow you to apply the skills you learned by building a large data-intensive application using real-world data.
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