What is Spark Streaming?
Spark Streaming provides a language-integrated API for stream processing, enabling developers to write streaming jobs in a similar manner to batch jobs. It supports a range of programming languages, including Java, Scala, and Python. Notably, Spark Streaming offers built-in recovery mechanisms for lost work and operator state, such as sliding windows, without requiring additional code from the developer
Highlights
- Language-integrated API for stream processing
- Supports Java, Scala, and Python
- Automatic recovery of lost work and operator state
- Enables writing streaming jobs similar to batch jobs