7. First Spark Job (PySpark) on a Small CSV
Chhota CSV groupBy — local/tiny sample. Live multi-node cluster claim nahi.
What you will learn in this chapter
- Install/runtime options (honest)
- Read CSV to Spark DataFrame
- groupBy + write parquet idea
- Common beginner errors
- Practice
Fictional labs
India retail stories (Raja Traders Nagpur, Mauli Dairy Pune) are fictional. Spark samples are tiny/local — no live cluster claimed.
Concepts in this chapter
- 7.1Runtime Options (Honest)
- 7.2Read CSV and groupBy
- 7.3Write and Common Errors
- 7.4Practice, Tip and Close
The chapter recap is at the end of the last concept page.