In this section, we set up a Spark development environment in standalone deploy mode. To get started with Spark and start developing quickly, Spark's shell is the way to go.
Spark supports Scala, Python, R, and Java with appropriate APIs.
The Spark binary download offers developers two components:
- The Spark's shell
- A standalone cluster
Once the binary is downloaded and extracted (instructions will follow), the Spark shell and standalone Scala application will let you spin up a standalone cluster in standalone cluster mode.
This cluster is self-contained and private because it is local to one machine. The Spark shell allows you to easily configure this standalone cluster. Not only does it give ...
