Week 14: 11/29/2016 - 12/06/2016

This past week I prepared and presented an introductory tutorial on Scala and Apache Spark for YSU's Local Hack Day. I demonstrated how to set up a Scala and Spark program using Maven in IntelliJ. I explained basic programming concepts in Scala, such as data types, classes, objects, functions, anonymous functions. I also explained basic programming concepts of the Apache Spark Streaming API, such as SparkContexts and StreamingContexts. All of the concepts discussed in my workshop can be found in a PowerPoint presentation on the LHD Workshop tab of my website: http://jlwise.people.ysu.edu/ . This work is important to our CREU project, because we will be using Scala and Spark ML to analyze the data Ali collected on software developers viewing Stack Overflow questions. I also learned how to install Scala and Spark in IntelliJ without the need to download the Scala and Spark libraries directly.

Here is a photo of me presenting at Local Hack Day: