Data Pipelines Pocket Reference


Book Description

Data pipelines are the foundation for success in data analytics. Moving data from numerous diverse sources and transforming it to provide context is the difference between having data and actually gaining value from it. This pocket reference defines data pipelines and explains how they work in today's modern data stack. You'll learn common considerations and key decision points when implementing pipelines, such as batch versus streaming data ingestion and build versus buy. This book addresses the most common decisions made by data professionals and discusses foundational concepts that apply to open source frameworks, commercial products, and homegrown solutions. You'll learn: What a data pipeline is and how it works How data is moved and processed on modern data infrastructure, including cloud platforms Common tools and products used by data engineers to build pipelines How pipelines support analytics and reporting needs Considerations for pipeline maintenance, testing, and alerting




Data Pipelines Pocket Reference


Book Description

Data pipelines are the foundation for success in data analytics. Moving data from numerous diverse sources and transforming it to provide context is the difference between having data and actually gaining value from it. This pocket reference defines data pipelines and explains how they work in today's modern data stack. You'll learn common considerations and key decision points when implementing pipelines, such as batch versus streaming data ingestion and build versus buy. This book addresses the most common decisions made by data professionals and discusses foundational concepts that apply to open source frameworks, commercial products, and homegrown solutions. You'll learn: What a data pipeline is and how it works How data is moved and processed on modern data infrastructure, including cloud platforms Common tools and products used by data engineers to build pipelines How pipelines support analytics and reporting needs Considerations for pipeline maintenance, testing, and alerting




Data Pipelines Pocket Reference


Book Description

Data pipelines are the foundation for success in data analytics and machine learning. Moving data from many diverse sources and processing it to provide context is the difference between having data and actually gaining value from it. This pocket reference defines data pipelines and explains how they work in today's modern data stack. You'll learn common considerations and key decision points when implementing pipelines, such as data pipeline design patterns, data ingestion implementation, data transformation, the orchestration of pipelines, and build versus buy decision making. This book addresses the most common decisions made by data professionals and discusses foundational concepts that apply to open source frameworks, commercial products, and homegrown solutions. You'll learn: What a data pipeline is and how it works How data is moved and processed on modern data infrastructure, including cloud platforms Common tools and products used by data engineers to build pipelines How pipelines support machine learning and analytics needs Considerations for pipeline maintenance, testing, and alerting.




Machine Learning Pocket Reference


Book Description

With detailed notes, tables, and examples, this handy reference will help you navigate the basics of structured machine learning. Author Matt Harrison delivers a valuable guide that you can use for additional support during training and as a convenient resource when you dive into your next machine learning project. Ideal for programmers, data scientists, and AI engineers, this book includes an overview of the machine learning process and walks you through classification with structured data. You’ll also learn methods for clustering, predicting a continuous value (regression), and reducing dimensionality, among other topics. This pocket reference includes sections that cover: Classification, using the Titanic dataset Cleaning data and dealing with missing data Exploratory data analysis Common preprocessing steps using sample data Selecting features useful to the model Model selection Metrics and classification evaluation Regression examples using k-nearest neighbor, decision trees, boosting, and more Metrics for regression evaluation Clustering Dimensionality reduction Scikit-learn pipelines




Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow


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This book teaches you how to build and maintain effective data pipelines. Youll explore the most common usage patterns, including aggregating multiple data sources, connecting to and from data lakes, and cloud deployment. --




Data Engineering with Python


Book Description

Build, monitor, and manage real-time data pipelines to create data engineering infrastructure efficiently using open-source Apache projects Key Features Become well-versed in data architectures, data preparation, and data optimization skills with the help of practical examples Design data models and learn how to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data using Python Schedule, automate, and monitor complex data pipelines in production Book DescriptionData engineering provides the foundation for data science and analytics, and forms an important part of all businesses. This book will help you to explore various tools and methods that are used for understanding the data engineering process using Python. The book will show you how to tackle challenges commonly faced in different aspects of data engineering. You’ll start with an introduction to the basics of data engineering, along with the technologies and frameworks required to build data pipelines to work with large datasets. You’ll learn how to transform and clean data and perform analytics to get the most out of your data. As you advance, you'll discover how to work with big data of varying complexity and production databases, and build data pipelines. Using real-world examples, you’ll build architectures on which you’ll learn how to deploy data pipelines. By the end of this Python book, you’ll have gained a clear understanding of data modeling techniques, and will be able to confidently build data engineering pipelines for tracking data, running quality checks, and making necessary changes in production.What you will learn Understand how data engineering supports data science workflows Discover how to extract data from files and databases and then clean, transform, and enrich it Configure processors for handling different file formats as well as both relational and NoSQL databases Find out how to implement a data pipeline and dashboard to visualize results Use staging and validation to check data before landing in the warehouse Build real-time pipelines with staging areas that perform validation and handle failures Get to grips with deploying pipelines in the production environment Who this book is for This book is for data analysts, ETL developers, and anyone looking to get started with or transition to the field of data engineering or refresh their knowledge of data engineering using Python. This book will also be useful for students planning to build a career in data engineering or IT professionals preparing for a transition. No previous knowledge of data engineering is required.




Big Data


Book Description

Summary Big Data teaches you to build big data systems using an architecture that takes advantage of clustered hardware along with new tools designed specifically to capture and analyze web-scale data. It describes a scalable, easy-to-understand approach to big data systems that can be built and run by a small team. Following a realistic example, this book guides readers through the theory of big data systems, how to implement them in practice, and how to deploy and operate them once they're built. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Book Web-scale applications like social networks, real-time analytics, or e-commerce sites deal with a lot of data, whose volume and velocity exceed the limits of traditional database systems. These applications require architectures built around clusters of machines to store and process data of any size, or speed. Fortunately, scale and simplicity are not mutually exclusive. Big Data teaches you to build big data systems using an architecture designed specifically to capture and analyze web-scale data. This book presents the Lambda Architecture, a scalable, easy-to-understand approach that can be built and run by a small team. You'll explore the theory of big data systems and how to implement them in practice. In addition to discovering a general framework for processing big data, you'll learn specific technologies like Hadoop, Storm, and NoSQL databases. This book requires no previous exposure to large-scale data analysis or NoSQL tools. Familiarity with traditional databases is helpful. What's Inside Introduction to big data systems Real-time processing of web-scale data Tools like Hadoop, Cassandra, and Storm Extensions to traditional database skills About the Authors Nathan Marz is the creator of Apache Storm and the originator of the Lambda Architecture for big data systems. James Warren is an analytics architect with a background in machine learning and scientific computing. Table of Contents A new paradigm for Big Data PART 1 BATCH LAYER Data model for Big Data Data model for Big Data: Illustration Data storage on the batch layer Data storage on the batch layer: Illustration Batch layer Batch layer: Illustration An example batch layer: Architecture and algorithms An example batch layer: Implementation PART 2 SERVING LAYER Serving layer Serving layer: Illustration PART 3 SPEED LAYER Realtime views Realtime views: Illustration Queuing and stream processing Queuing and stream processing: Illustration Micro-batch stream processing Micro-batch stream processing: Illustration Lambda Architecture in depth




R Data Science Quick Reference


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In this handy, practical book you will cover each concept concisely, with many illustrative examples. You'll be introduced to several R data science packages, with examples of how to use each of them. In this book, you’ll learn about the following APIs and packages that deal specifically with data science applications: readr, dibble, forecasts, lubridate, stringr, tidyr, magnittr, dplyr, purrr, ggplot2, modelr, and more. After using this handy quick reference guide, you'll have the code, APIs, and insights to write data science-based applications in the R programming language. You'll also be able to carry out data analysis. What You Will LearnImport data with readrWork with categories using forcats, time and dates with lubridate, and strings with stringrFormat data using tidyr and then transform that data using magrittr and dplyrWrite functions with R for data science, data mining, and analytics-based applicationsVisualize data with ggplot2 and fit data to models using modelr Who This Book Is For Programmers new to R's data science, data mining, and analytics packages. Some prior coding experience with R in general is recommended.




Building Big Data Pipelines with Apache Beam


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Implement, run, operate, and test data processing pipelines using Apache Beam Key FeaturesUnderstand how to improve usability and productivity when implementing Beam pipelinesLearn how to use stateful processing to implement complex use cases using Apache BeamImplement, test, and run Apache Beam pipelines with the help of expert tips and techniquesBook Description Apache Beam is an open source unified programming model for implementing and executing data processing pipelines, including Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL), batch, and stream processing. This book will help you to confidently build data processing pipelines with Apache Beam. You'll start with an overview of Apache Beam and understand how to use it to implement basic pipelines. You'll also learn how to test and run the pipelines efficiently. As you progress, you'll explore how to structure your code for reusability and also use various Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). Later chapters will show you how to use schemas and query your data using (streaming) SQL. Finally, you'll understand advanced Apache Beam concepts, such as implementing your own I/O connectors. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a deep understanding of the Apache Beam model and be able to apply it to solve problems. What you will learnUnderstand the core concepts and architecture of Apache BeamImplement stateless and stateful data processing pipelinesUse state and timers for processing real-time event processingStructure your code for reusabilityUse streaming SQL to process real-time data for increasing productivity and data accessibilityRun a pipeline using a portable runner and implement data processing using the Apache Beam Python SDKImplement Apache Beam I/O connectors using the Splittable DoFn APIWho this book is for This book is for data engineers, data scientists, and data analysts who want to learn how Apache Beam works. Intermediate-level knowledge of the Java programming language is assumed.




Streaming Data


Book Description

Summary Streaming Data introduces the concepts and requirements of streaming and real-time data systems. The book is an idea-rich tutorial that teaches you to think about how to efficiently interact with fast-flowing data. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology As humans, we're constantly filtering and deciphering the information streaming toward us. In the same way, streaming data applications can accomplish amazing tasks like reading live location data to recommend nearby services, tracking faults with machinery in real time, and sending digital receipts before your customers leave the shop. Recent advances in streaming data technology and techniques make it possible for any developer to build these applications if they have the right mindset. This book will let you join them. About the Book Streaming Data is an idea-rich tutorial that teaches you to think about efficiently interacting with fast-flowing data. Through relevant examples and illustrated use cases, you'll explore designs for applications that read, analyze, share, and store streaming data. Along the way, you'll discover the roles of key technologies like Spark, Storm, Kafka, Flink, RabbitMQ, and more. This book offers the perfect balance between big-picture thinking and implementation details. What's Inside The right way to collect real-time data Architecting a streaming pipeline Analyzing the data Which technologies to use and when About the Reader Written for developers familiar with relational database concepts. No experience with streaming or real-time applications required. About the Author Andrew Psaltis is a software engineer focused on massively scalable real-time analytics. Table of Contents PART 1 - A NEW HOLISTIC APPROACH Introducing streaming data Getting data from clients: data ingestion Transporting the data from collection tier: decoupling the data pipeline Analyzing streaming data Algorithms for data analysis Storing the analyzed or collected data Making the data available Consumer device capabilities and limitations accessing the data PART 2 - TAKING IT REAL WORLD Analyzing Meetup RSVPs in real time