BDSBTB 2015: Brad Rubin, Introducing Java/Hadoop Developers to Scala/Spark

Over the past several years, a variety of education and training programs have taught Java developers how to solve big data problems using the Hadoop MapReduce framework. With the addition of the Spark in-memory processing paradigm, and the associated attractive Scala API, these developers now face the dual challenge of a new programming language and paradigm. In this talk, I will discuss the basic issues faced in this transition, discussing both concepts that carry over and new ones encountered, along with a suggested roadmap for learning these two technologies.

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