- Welcome to Introduction to Data Engineering
- Modern Data Ecosystem
- Key Players in the Data Ecosystem
- What is Data Engineering?
- Viewpoints: Defining Data Engineering
- Viewpoints: Evolution of Data Engineering
- Responsibilities and Skillsets of a Data Engineer
- Viewpoints: Skills and Qualities to be a Data Engineer
- A Day in the Life of a Data Engineer
Quick Facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Course and certificate fees
certificate availability
Yes
certificate providing authority
Coursera
The syllabus
Module 1: What is Data Engineering?
Videos
Readings
- Summary and Highlights
- Summary and Highlights
Practice Exercises
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
Module 2: The Data Engineering Ecosystem
Videos
- Overview of the Data Engineering Ecosystem
- Types of Data
- Understanding Different Types of File Formats
- Sources of Data
- Languages for Data Professionals
- Viewpoints: Working with Varied Data Sources and Types
- Overview of Data Repositories
- RDBMS
- NoSQL
- Data Warehouses, Data Marts, and Data Lakes
- Viewpoints: Considerations for Choice of Data Repository
- ETL, ELT, and Data Pipelines
- Data Integration Platforms
- Viewpoints: Tools, Databases, and Data Repositories of Choice
- Foundations of Big Data
- Big Data Processing Tools: Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, and Spark
- Viewpoints: Impact of Big Data on Data Engineering
Readings
- Summary and Highlights
- Summary and Highlights
- Summary and Highlights
Practice Exercises
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
Module 3: Data Engineering Lifecycle
Videos
- Architecting the Data Platform
- Factors for Selecting and Designing Data Stores
- Security
- Viewpoints: Importance of Data Security
- How to Gather and Import Data
- Data Wrangling
- Tools for Data Wrangling
- Querying and Analyzing Data
- Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting
- Governance and Compliance
Readings
- Summary and Highlights
- Summary and Highlights
- Summary and Highlights
- Summary and Highlights
- Optional: Overview of the DataOps Methodology
Practice Exercises
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
Module 4: Career Opportunities and Data Engineering in Action
Videos
- Career Opportunities in Data Engineering
- Viewpoints: Get into Data Engineering
- Data Engineering Learning Path
- Viewpoints: What Do Employers Look for in a Data Engineer
- Viewpoints: The Many Paths to Data Engineering
- Viewpoints: Advice to Aspiring Data Engineers
Readings
- Summary and Highlights
- Congratulations and Next Steps
Practice Exercises
- Practice Quiz
- Graded Quiz
- Final Quiz
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