If you don't have access to a Spark cluster, sign up for Databricks Community Edition: https://databricks.com/signup/signup-community

• If you're using Databricks (either Azure Databricks, Databricks on AWS, or Databricks Community Edition), you can import the tutorial notebook using this url: https://github.com/colbyford/PyDataCLT_Jan2020/raw/master/Python_to_PySpark.dbc

• If you're using a different type of Spark cluster, you can import the Python_to_PySpark.ipynb notebook.

• If you're just following along, you can see the tutorial notebook from your web browsers after downloading the Python_to_PySpark.html file.

• Databricks Documentation: https://docs.databricks.com/
• Azure Databricks Information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-databricks/
• PySpark API Documentation: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/python/index.html
• Databricks Academy: https://academy.databricks.com/
• Sparkitecture: https://www.sparkitecture.io/

Presented: 1/9/20