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Data Engineering

Collect and transform data on a large scale. Build data pipelines, work with a horizontally scalable architecture, or simply scrape and collect data.
Transforming PySpark DataFrames

Transforming PySpark DataFrames

Apply transformations to PySpark DataFrames such as creating new columns, filtering rows, or modifying string & number values.
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Todd Birchard todd
Apr 26, 2019 • 15 mins
Spark
Learning Apache Spark with PySpark & Databricks

Learning Apache Spark with PySpark & Databricks

Get started with Apache Spark in part 1 of our series, where we leverage Databricks and PySpark.
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Todd Birchard todd
Apr 25, 2019 • 13 mins
Spark
Building an ETL Pipeline: From JIRA's REST API to SQL

Building an ETL Pipeline: From JIRA's REST API to SQL

Build a pipeline which extracts raw data from the JIRA's Cloud API, transforms it, and loads the data into a SQL database.
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Todd Birchard todd
Mar 28, 2019 • 11 mins
Data Engineering
Working With GraphQL Fragments and Mutations

Working With GraphQL Fragments and Mutations

Make your GraphQL queries more dynamic with Fragments, plus get started with Mutations.
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Todd Birchard todd
Mar 19, 2019 • 5 mins
GraphQL
The Might GraphQL Orb Serving Data Across the Universe

Building a Client For Your GraphQL API

Now that we have an understanding of GraphQL queries and API setup, it's time to get that data.
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Todd Birchard todd
Mar 9, 2019 • 7 mins
GraphQL
Writing Your First GraphQL Query

Writing Your First GraphQL Query

Begin to structure complex queries against your GraphQL API.
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Todd Birchard todd
Mar 7, 2019 • 8 mins
GraphQL
SQL Database

Welcome to SQL: Modifying Databases and Tables

Brush up on SQL fundamentals such as creating tables, schemas, and views.
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Todd Birchard todd
Feb 19, 2019 • 11 mins
SQL
Downcast Numerical Data Types with Pandas

Downcast Numerical Data Types with Pandas

Using an Example Where We Downcast Numerical Columns.
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Matthew Alhonte matt
Jan 28, 2019 • 5 mins
Code Snippet Corner
From CSVs to Tables: Infer Data Types From Raw Spreadsheets

From CSVs to Tables: Infer Data Types From Raw Spreadsheets

The quest to never explicitly set a table schema ever again.
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Todd Birchard todd
Jan 23, 2019 • 9 mins
Big Data
Psycopg2: PostgreSQL & Python the Old Fashioned Way

Psycopg2: PostgreSQL & Python the Old Fashioned Way

Connect to a PostgreSQL database and execute queries in Python using the Psycopg2 library.
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Todd Birchard todd
Jan 15, 2019 • 8 mins
PostgreSQL

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Series'

Data Analysis with Pandas 11
Build Flask Apps 11
Learning Apache Spark 6
Google Cloud Architecture 6
Mastering SQLAlchemy 4
GraphQL Tutorials 4
Welcome to SQL 4
Working with MySQL 4
Mapping Data with Mapbox 3
Web Scraping With Python 2
Python Concurrency with Asyncio 2
Getting Started with Django 2
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  • Data Analysis with Pandas
  • Build Flask Apps
  • Learning Apache Spark
  • Google Cloud Architecture
  • Mastering SQLAlchemy
  • GraphQL Tutorials
  • Welcome to SQL
  • Working with MySQL
  • Mapping Data with Mapbox
  • Web Scraping With Python
  • Python Concurrency with Asyncio
  • Getting Started with Django
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