Apache Spark has become the de facto standard for processing data at scale, whether for querying large datasets, training machine learning models to predict future trends, or processing streaming ...

Pearson Addison-Wesley Figure 1. Spark standalone cluster application components All Spark components—including the driver, master, and executor processes—run in Java virtual machines.

This tutorial explains how to create a simple Apache Spark application, using Scala, that will compute the type of a credit card from its number, and configure the Spark Evaluator to use it. A ...

The Spark distributed data processing platform provides an easy-to-implement tool for ingesting, streaming, and processing data from any source. In <i>Spark in Action, Second Edition</i>, you’ll learn ...