Real-Time Analytics with Apache Spark - by Subhadip Chand & Harsha Pasala (Paperback)

Book Synopsis Turn Data in Motion into Decisions in Real

Book Description The Next Generation of Data Platforms Will Be Real-Time, Intelligent, and Always On

Real-time Analytics with Apache Spark is your complete, comprehensive guide to building production-grade streaming systems using Apache Spark Structured Streaming on the Databricks platform, from first principles to enterprise-scale deployment.

You begin with Spark fundamentals and streaming concepts, then progressively advance through windowed aggregations, stateful processing with transformWithState, stream-stream joins, and the new Real-time Mode for sub-second latency. Every chapter combines clear explanations with production-ready code, preparing you to handle real-world challenges including late data, state management, and performance tuning across Kafka, Kinesis, Event Hubs, and Auto Loader.

The final section teaches you to think like a production engineer by packaging pipelines with Declarative Automation Bundles, automating deployments with CI/CD, integrating ML inference into streaming workflows, and building monitoring dashboards with custom alerts. By the end of the book, you will have a proven blueprint for delivering scalable, fault-tolerant streaming solutions on Apache Spark and Databricks.

What you will learn ● Build fault-tolerant streaming pipelines with exactly-once guarantees on Apache Spark. ● Apply windowed aggregations, watermarks, and stateful processing for real-time data workflows. ● Ingest streaming data from Kafka, Kinesis, Event Hubs, and Auto Loader at scale. ● Deploy streaming pipelines using Declarative Automation Bundles and CI/CD on Databricks. ● Integrate real-time ML inference into production streaming data workflows with confidence. ● Monitor, debug, and tune streaming jobs for production performance and operational reliability.

Table of Contents

1. Real-Time Analytics Landscape and Use Cases
2. Apache Spark Fundamentals (with a Streaming Mindset)
3. Structured Streaming
4. Deep Dive into Sources and Sinks
5. Windowed and Stateful Operations
6. Writing Streaming Queries with Spark SQL
7. Low-Latency Streaming with Spark Real-Time Mode
8. Machine Learning for Streaming Applications
9. Monitoring, Debugging, and Performance Tuning
10. Packaging, Orchestration, and CI/CD Using Declarative Automation Bundles.
11. End-to-End Real-Time Analytics Project Index