certification guidance

[Smitha1]

Hi

I have a mandate to complete certification by Nov'22

Can you please guide with learning materials and practice tests details for certification

Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0

I have enrolled for above course on databricks site but that will not suffice to pass the exam. I need SME/expert guidance for databricks certification. I know Python basics, need material for Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 certification in Python. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

The certificate information is here https://www.databricks.com/learn/certification/apache-spark-developer-associate

Reading https://pages.databricks.com/rs/094-YMS-629/images/LearningSpark2.0.pdf should help a lot.

The certificate covers the Dataframe API and Spark Architecture. You'll have to know about clusters and how to manipulate dataframes using sql functions and dataframe methods.

[Smitha1]

Thanksssss so much @Joseph Kambourakis​ I really was looking for book and pdf is good to start with.

[Smitha1]

I am looking for python and not scala to work on and I see book has python too. Thanks again.

[Smitha1]

@Joseph Kambourakis​  certification is on Spark3.0 and book is 2.0 LearningSpark2.0.pdf, .

Do you have LearningSpark3.0.pdf please?

[Smitha1]

I checked document you shared, it has epilogue about 3.0 and this really helps. Thanks again @Joseph Kambourakis​ 

[Anonymous]

That's the 2nd edition of the book. The book is written with spark 3.0 in mind. Learning spark 1 was written for spark 1.4 over 6 years ago.

[Smitha1]

TCS Confidential
Thanks Joseph for your timely response, appreciate it.
I just noticed that LearningSpark2.0.pdf is 2.0 and certification is on Spark 3.0
Do you have LearningSpark3.0.pdf and if you could share it please?
Regards,
Smitha

[Smitha1]

@Joseph Kambourakis​ can I ask one more question, not sure if you can help and is out of context perhaps for you.

I attended a session on 20th Sep and supposed to receive

free certification voucher

but haven't received until now. I created multiple tickets in the last 15 days but no response from contact us team.

Do you have or guide to point of contact?

[Anonymous]

https://help.databricks.com/s/contact-us?ReqType=certifications might be the way to get in touch.

[Smitha1]

TCS Confidential Thank you @josephk<>, I have actually created multiple tickets using the same URL but haven't heard back from them. I really appreciate your prompt response. Thanks again. Regards, Smitha