This course is part of the Functional Programming in Scala Specialization

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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.

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Approx. 32 hours to complete

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Skills you will gain

Scala Programming
Parallel Computing
Apache Spark
Functional Programming

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Course 5 of 5 in the

Functional Programming in Scala Specialization

Approx. 32 hours to complete

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Julien Richard-Foy

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

10 hours to complete

Project overview

10 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 4 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

Week2

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Raw data display

5 hours to complete

1 reading

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Interactive visualization

5 hours to complete

1 reading

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Data manipulation

4 hours to complete

1 reading

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TOP REVIEWS FROM FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING IN SCALA CAPSTONE

by FFJun 5, 2018

Good Spark / Big Data project.

Provides a good example of real problem project focussed on Spark and big data analysis.

by CWJan 28, 2018

Very cool to see the entire application fit together eventually. However, feel sometimes the explanation for the exercise could have used more details/examples.

by AKNov 23, 2020

An interesting project that nicely covers most concepts discussed in the previous 4 Scala/Spark courses. The provided code skeleton is very helpful.

by DLJan 2, 2019

This is the hardest course of this Specialization, but I enjoyed it anyway. Thanks!

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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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