Logical Operations Big Data Essentials Bootcamp | 3-day course

Overview

On this accelerated 3-day Big Data Essentials course, you'll learn the fundamentals of architecting and running Big Data systems.

You'll get the full hands-on experience with our unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, which will immerse you in the curriculum, helping you gain an in-depth understanding of how to use best practices, tools and techniques essential in building modern-day Big Data applications.

Your expert instructors will take you through various applications such as Hadoop, NoSQL and Spark.

You'll learn to:

Master the best practices of Hadoop programming in Pig, Hive, and Java.
Enhance Big Data solutions for real-time data access with the help of NoSQL technologies, such as HBase and Cassandra.
Understand the difference of NoSQL data modeling in contrast to SQL data modeling.
Utilise Spark for interactive data analytics with Scala or SQL.
Implement near-real-time analytical processing with Spark Streaming.

You'll also have 24/7 lab access, which means you can test your skills in building successful Big Data systems whenever you want.

If you're a developer, architect or technical manager looking to implement and architect Big Data systems, this course is ideal for you.

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Four reasons why you should sit your Big Data Essentials course with Firebrand Training

You'll be Big Data Essentials trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 3-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
Your Big Data Essentials course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
Pass Big Data Essentials first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
Study Big Data Essentials with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

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Curriculum

Lesson 1: Big Data Overview

Big Data
Big Data Use Cases
Designing a Big Data System
Technologies: Hadoop
Technologies: NoSQL
Analytics
Putting It All Together

Lesson 2: Hadoop Introduction

Introduction to Hadoop
The Future of Hadoop

Lesson 3: HDFS and MapReduce Primer

HDFS
MapReduce
YARN
Future of Hadoop Processing Engines

Lesson 4: Hive

Hadoopy, Hive, and SQL
Hive Design and Architecture
HiveQL
First Look at Hive
Hive Partitions
Hive Joins
Hive UDFs
Text Analytics with Hive

Lesson 5: Hive 2

Data Access
Feature Generation
Filter/Search/Transpose
Binning and Smoothing
Tez

Lesson 6: Pig

Understand Apache Pig
Pig Concepts/History
Pig by Example
Pig as an ETL Pipeline

Lesson 7: Hadoop Cluster Planning

Planning Hadoop Hardware
Planning Software Install

Lesson 8: Hadoop Install and Configure

Different Installation Configurations in Hadoop
Install Hadoop
Configure Hadoop Cluster
Common Configuration Properties
Making Installation and Configuration Easier
Hadoop Advanced Configuration

Lesson 9: Hadoop Data Ingest

Flume
Sqoop
REST
Import Best Practices

Lesson 10: NoSQL Intro

RDBMS and NoSQL
ACID in NoSQL
CAP Theorem
NoSQL Stores
Columnar Storage

Lesson 11: Cassandra Intro

Introduction & Architecture
Cassandra Use Cases
Data Organization
First Look at Cassandra
Replication & Consistency

Lesson 12: Cassandra Data Modeling 1

Keyspaces and Tables
CQL Queries
Indexing

Lesson 13: Cassandra Data Modeling 2

Collections
Composite Keys
Time Series Data
Counters
Lightweight Transactions

Lesson 14: Cassandra Data Modeling Labs

MyFlix (Netflix)
YouTube
Online Shopping (Amazon)
User Activity (Facebook)

Lesson 15: Scala Primer

Introduction
Collections
Functions/Methods
Class/Object/Trait

Lesson 16: Introduction to Spark

Introduction
Spark vs. Hadoop
A First Look at Spark

Lesson 17: Spark Data Model 1

Data Model Overview
RDD Concepts
Spark Workflow
Working with RDDs
Key-Value Pairs
Caching

Lesson 18: Spark Data Model 2

DataFrames
Working with DataFrames
Spark SQL
DataSet
Spark and Hive
Data Formats

Lesson 19: Spark API/Applications

Core API
Building and Running Applications
Application Lifecycle
Logging & Debugging

Lesson 20: Machine Learning Primer

Machine Learning Concepts
Machine Learning Vocabulary
Text Mining
Recommendations

Lesson 21: Spark Streaming

Streaming
Spark Streaming Overview
Architecture
Programming
Structured Streaming
Transformations
Apache Kafka

What's Included

On this course you'll receive official Big Data Essentials courseware.

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should be familiar with at least one programming language and be comfortable working with a command-line interface.

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

Reviews

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Rhys Thomas, Nokia. (7/5/2024 (Tuesday) to 10/5/2024 (Friday))

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"My experience at Firebrand was brilliant. The people here are nice and approachable among the other apprentices of whom also are very nice and made great friends here too! I am looking forward to my next 2 trips here!"
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Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
27/5/2024 (Monday)	29/5/2024 (Wednesday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-
30/9/2024 (Monday)	2/10/2024 (Wednesday)	Wait list	Nationwide
11/11/2024 (Monday)	13/11/2024 (Wednesday)	Limited availability	Nationwide

3/2/2025 (Monday)	5/2/2025 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
17/3/2025 (Monday)	19/3/2025 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide

Logical Operations - Big Data Essentials Bootcamp