INTRODUCTION TO DATA ENGINEERING

Data engineering entails the designing,building and maintaining of scalable data infrastructure which enables efficient :- data processing data storage data retrival KEY CONCEPTS OF DATA ENGINEERING DATA PIPELINES -automates the flow of data from source(s) to destination(s), often passing through multiple stages like cleaning, transformation, and enrichment. Core Components of a Data Pipeline Source(s): Where the data comes from Databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) APIs (e.g., Twitter API) Files (e.g., CSV, JSON, Parquet) Streaming services (e.g., Kafka) 2.Ingestion: Collecting the data Tools: Apache NiFi, Apache Flume, or custom scripts 3.Processing/Transformation: Cleaning and preparing data Batch processing: Apache Spark, Pandas Stream processing: Apache Kafka, Apache Flink 4.Storage: Where the processed data is stored Data Lakes (e.g., S3, HDFS) Data Warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) 5.Orchestration: Managing dependencies and scheduling Tools: Apache Airflow, Prefect, Luigi 6.Monitoring & Logging: Making sure everything works as expected Logging tools (e.g., ELK Stack, Datadog) Alerting systems ETL - ETL stands for Extract, Transform, Load — it's a core concept in data engineering used to move and process data from source systems into a destination system like a data warehouse. ETL Example Let’s say you're analyzing sales data: Extract: Pull sales data from a MySQL database and product info from a CSV. Transform: Join sales with product names Format dates Remove duplicates or missing values Load: Save the clean, combined data to a Snowflake table for analytics. DATABASES AND DATA WAREHOUSES What is a Database? A database is designed to store current, real-time data for everyday operations of applications. ✅ Used For: CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) Running websites, apps, or transactional systems Real-time access

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INTRODUCTION TO DATA ENGINEERING

Data engineering entails the designing,building and maintaining of scalable data infrastructure which enables efficient :-

  • data processing
  • data storage
  • data retrival

KEY CONCEPTS OF DATA ENGINEERING

DATA PIPELINES -automates the flow of data from source(s) to destination(s), often passing through multiple stages like cleaning, transformation, and enrichment.

Core Components of a Data Pipeline

  1. Source(s): Where the data comes from

Databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)

APIs (e.g., Twitter API)

Files (e.g., CSV, JSON, Parquet)

Streaming services (e.g., Kafka)

2.Ingestion: Collecting the data

Tools: Apache NiFi, Apache Flume, or custom scripts

3.Processing/Transformation: Cleaning and preparing data

Batch processing: Apache Spark, Pandas

Stream processing: Apache Kafka, Apache Flink

4.Storage: Where the processed data is stored

Data Lakes (e.g., S3, HDFS)

Data Warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)

5.Orchestration: Managing dependencies and scheduling

Tools: Apache Airflow, Prefect, Luigi

6.Monitoring & Logging: Making sure everything works as expected

Logging tools (e.g., ELK Stack, Datadog)

Alerting systems

ETL - ETL stands for Extract, Transform, Load — it's a core concept in data engineering used to move and process data from source systems into a destination system like a data warehouse.

ETL Example
Let’s say you're analyzing sales data:

Extract: Pull sales data from a MySQL database and product info from a CSV.

Transform:

Join sales with product names

Format dates

Remove duplicates or missing values

Load: Save the clean, combined data to a Snowflake table for analytics.

DATABASES AND DATA WAREHOUSES

What is a Database?
A database is designed to store current, real-time data for everyday operations of applications.

✅ Used For:

  • CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
  • Running websites, apps, or transactional systems
  • Real-time access