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Building Modern Data Applications Using Databricks Lakehouse
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Building Modern Data Applications Using Databricks Lakehouse

by Will Girten
October 2024
Intermediate to advanced
246 pages
6h 22m
English
Packt Publishing
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An Introduction to Delta Live Tables

In this chapter, we will examine how the data industry has evolved over the last several decades. We’ll also look at why real-time data processing has significant ties to how a business can react to the latest signals in data. We’ll address why trying to build your own streaming solution from scratch may not be sustainable, and why the maintenance does not easily scale over time. By the end of the chapter, you should completely understand the types of problems the Delta Live Tables (DLT) framework solves and the value the framework brings to data engineering teams.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • The emergence of the lakehouse
  • The importance of real-time data in the l
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