DM
Great introductory course for main NoSQL databases. Great material and practical assignments

Big Data Engineers and professionals with NoSQL skills are highly sought after in the data management industry. This Specialization is designed for those seeking to develop fundamental skills for working with Big Data, Apache Spark, and NoSQL databases. Three information-packed courses cover popular NoSQL databases like MongoDB and Apache Cassandra, the widely used Apache Hadoop ecosystem of Big Data tools, as well as Apache Spark analytics engine for large-scale data processing. You start with an overview of various categories of NoSQL (Not only SQL) data repositories, and then work hands-on with several of them including IBM Cloudant, MonogoDB and Cassandra. You’ll perform various data management tasks, such as creating & replicating databases, inserting, updating, deleting, querying, indexing, aggregating & sharding data. Next, you’ll gain fundamental knowledge of Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, MapReduce, HDFS, Hive, and HBase, followed by a more in depth working knowledge of Apache Spark, Spark Dataframes, Spark SQL, PySpark, the Spark Application UI, and scaling Spark with Kubernetes. In the final course, you will learn to work with Spark Structured Streaming Spark ML - for performing Extract, Transform and Load processing (ETL) and machine learning tasks. This specialization is suitable for beginners in the fields of NoSQL and Big Data – whether you are or preparing to be a Data Engineer, Software Developer, IT Architect, Data Scientist, or IT Manager.

DM
Great introductory course for main NoSQL databases. Great material and practical assignments
KK
That is a well packaged course allow you crate bıg data applıcatıon. You can download as pdf files the application hands on practise and follow them and update them depending on ypur own appication
AS
Excellent learning experience - well-designed content and practical sessions.
DD
I highly recommend this course. I learned a lot about NoSQL databases.
DD
I found the course to be a great foundation for understanding how to work with large datasets using Hadoop and Spark, with clear explanations and practical examples.
RR
Liked the structure and labs. Good way to learn with handson experience.
KP
The hand On are very useful, only I have troubles sometimes to enter to the Labs, but when I was able to, I really enjoy them
JO
A very very indepth couse by IBM. As someone who studies most courses on Coursera, I think IBM offers an in depth course so far
SK
After completing this course. I gained much more knowledge about Spark that apply in ML project. and other topics such as data engineering, ML lifecycle.
TT
This course is one of the best 'Intrıduction To...' courses. The content is very clear and easy to understand.
JS
hands on lab and quizzes at the end of each session was very helpful
SR
It good to learn basics and widen my knowledge in Data Engineering
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I liked the hands on activities. The final exam really requires thinking and searching which makes the exam worth.
The developement studio is super slow, it is impossible to work directly in it.
The presentation of the noSQL database could be clearer. I found better videos (and shorter) on youtube.
I do not think it is necessary to advertise so much for IBM Cloudant. We already pay for the course, it should be add free.
Useful lab for skimming through different databases. The session of Cloudant, however, looks more like a sales material... This course is overall very good!
This course is one of the best 'Intrıduction To...' courses. The content is very clear and easy to understand.
If it weren't a requirement for a university course of mine, I would not have started another IBM course. A robot reads the material, the practicals go from copying code and pressing run to suddenly writing complicated queries in the final. On top of that, the virtual environment sucks and crashed repeatedly. I sat the final coding exercise 5 times before both MongoDB and Cassandra finally wanted to work. The tests are the most stupid I have ever seen with answers being wrong simply because Cassandra has "super fast write throughput" and not just "fast write throughput". The little you learn you start to doubt after sitting the final.
The course is great material, explanations and quizzes. The problem with this course is technical. You will face some problems with ibm cloud.
The practice final project in Module 4 actually requires doing some of the optional materials in Module 5 (using Cloudant). But the actual final project does not require the material from Module 5. Somebody from the admin team needs to go through the course again to make sure the progression actually makes sense
This course is plagued with technical difficulties. The material is fine and the teaching is fine but the final lab took like three weeks to complete because of connectivity issues with the Mongo database and timeout issues. Plus the instructions are confusing. Most of the comments on this lab are about this and to pass it you have to access the database through a different lab.
Would be a good course but all of the assignments do not work and have not worked for more than a week. The staff has not provided any information about when the issue may be resolved and no refunds were offered
couldn't complete the course because my IBM Cloud Lite Account doesn't work and to obtain help from IBM is almost impossible if you have a Lite account
this course is simply outrageous. completely bugged, unclear instructions, none of those responsible care about anything
Couldn't submit my peer graded assignment in week 5.
The course, overall, is well-structured and offers a comprehensive introduction to data engineering. The content is presented in a self-explanatory manner, making it accessible even for learners with varying levels of expertise in the field. The instructors provide clear explanations, and the hands-on exercises contribute to a practical understanding of the concepts.
Solid course on NoSQL databases, the course contains information on NoSQL databases, MongoDB, Cassandra, and IBM Cloudant. The course gives a good idea of the fundamental queries in all of these databases.
The appropiate share of theoretical and practical work makes this course an excellent way or learning difficult concepts related to Big Data. Glad and proud I finished it. Roberto
I should say then is not totally for beginner. Maybe intermediate level, some skills of programming are necessary to don't get stuck at the last assessment.
Ita really amazing course specially for that one who want to explore things related to offline-database, cloud -base and web access
Perfect course to learn the fundamental concepts for NoSQL databases. Would definitely revisit this course in future if needed.
It's good for beginner and takes you really deep into the three noSQL databases used. MongoDB, Cassandra and Cloudant.
a good overview on 3 of the main NoSQL databases, with pretty useful exercise to better understand theory
Great introductory course for main NoSQL databases. Great material and practical assignments