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Joining data is an essential skill in data analysis, enabling you to draw information from separate tables together into a single, meaningful set of results. In this comprehensive course on joining data, you'll delve into the intricacies of table joins and relational set theory, learning how to opt…
Available on datacamp.com
Prepare for a career in the high-growth field of data science. In this program, you’ll develop the skills, tools, and portfolio to have a competitive edge in the job market as an entry-level data scientist in as little as 4 months. No prior knowledge of computer science or programming languages is …
Available on coursera.org
Data Engineering and Hadoop tutorial with MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, Flink, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra, Kafka + more!
Available on udemy.com
Analyze data quickly and easily with Python's powerful pandas library! All datasets included --- beginners welcome!
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Master the Hadoop ecosystem using HDFS, MapReduce, Yarn, Pig, Hive, Kafka, HBase, Spark, Knox, Ranger, Ambari, Zookeeper
Available on udemy.com
In this course, you will learn to build streaming data analytics solutions using AWS services, including Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). Amazon Kinesis is a massively scalable and durable real-time data streaming service. Amazon MSK offers a secure, fully …
Available on learnquest.com
As the world becomes more data driven, future-focused professionals need to develop the quantitative skills to inform corporate decision-making and managerial strategy. Guided by experts from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), this online certificate course empowers you wit…
Available on edx.org
Apache Spark tutorial with 20+ hands-on examples of analyzing large data sets, on your desktop or on Hadoop with Scala!
Available on udemy.com
Apache NiFi - An Introductory Course to Learn Installation, Basic Concepts and Efficient Streaming of Big Data Flows
Available on udemy.com
PySpark tutorial with 20+ hands-on examples of analyzing large data sets on your desktop or on Hadoop with Python!
Available on udemy.com
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