SparkTraining

Sandbox for learning Spark 2.1 using resources from Pluralsight and Learning Spark (O'Reilly)

Scala Environment:

• Intellij IDEA
• Maven
• Scala 2.11
• Spark 2.1

Python Environment:

• PyCharm
• Python 3.5
• Spark 2.1

Setting up PySpark

1. Install Java 1.8 and Python 3
2. Install Scala 2.11
3. Download pre-built Spark 2.1
4. Install py4j (I used PyCharm's repository search)
5. Add following to '~/.bash_profile' 'export SPARK_HOME=/My/Spark/Directory/Spark' 'export PYTHONPATH=$SPARK_HOME/python'
6. In PyCharm, add 'SPARK_HOME/python/' to interpreter path

Initialize PySpark shell

Open terminal, cd to SPARK_HOME directory, then enter './bin/pyspark --master local[2]' Note that '[2]' represents the # of cores used