The purpose of this page to help new people easily get started using Apache Spark inside the of the Databricks environment. The aim is to have you the reader not have to spend hours trying to figure out how to get things up and running.
This document was written during October 2021 for:
- Databrick Runtime V8.4
- Scala V2.12
- Apache Spark V3.1.2
You want to head over to databricks.com/try-databricks.com and create an account (No credit card required upfront). Once created you want to select the Community edition of Databricks which is free for learning. Once you've select that you at anytime access the community edition from the link below.
Login Portal For Community Databricks Accounts:
community.cloud.databricks.com
Begin learning how to use Apache Spark for Scala on the Databricks platform below.