Introduction to Scala for Apache Spark

Learning Objectives: Learn the basics of Scala that are required for programming Spark applications. You will also learn about the basic constructs of Scala such as variable types, control structures, collections such as Array, ArrayBuffer, Map, Lists, and many more.
Topics:
  • What is Scala?
  • Why Scala for Spark?
  • Scala in other Frameworks
  • Introduction to Scala REPL
  • Basic Scala Operations
  • Variable Types in Scala
  • Control Structures in Scala
  • Foreach loop, Functions and Procedures
  • Collections in Scala- Array
  • ArrayBuffer, Map, Tuples, Lists, and more

Hands-on:

  • Scala REPL Detailed Demo