Introduction - Lakehouse Architecture & Production Best Practices
"Master Apache Spark and Big Data Engineering from first principles."
What You'll Master
Delta Lake & ACID
Implementing ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and DML operations (UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE) on top of object storage.
Delta Time Travel
How the Delta transaction log records actions, enabling version history and time-stamped rollbacks with versionAsOf.
Production Guidelines
Designing Bronze-Silver-Gold Medallion architectures, managing Spark UI monitoring, log4j errors, and cluster configs.
Capstone Hands-on Workbook
Applying Delta Lake ACID guarantees, time travel, and production best practices to a capstone scenario.
Learning Path & Course Syllabus
What is Delta Lake? Implementing ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and DML operations (UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE).
Designing Bronze-Silver-Gold Medallion architectures, managing Spark UI monitoring, log4j errors, and cluster configs.
How the Delta transaction log records actions, enabling version history and time-stamped rollbacks with versionAsOf.
A capstone workbook applying Delta Lake ACID guarantees, time travel, and production best practices.
Scenario questions covering Delta transaction guarantees, time travel semantics, and Medallion architecture design.
What's Included in This Module
| Component | Coverage Details |
|---|---|
| Core Topics | Driver & Executor Architecture, Cluster Managers, Datasets |
| Practical Exercises | Interactive Hands-on Labs & Spark Tasks |
| Assessments | 1 Practical Assignment + 1 System Design Interview Quiz |