Spark Structured Streaming
Free Advanced course · 10 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
Build fault-tolerant streaming jobs with watermarks, state and exactly-once sinks. Across 10 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- Batch vs streaming mental model
- Sources and sinks
- Triggers and micro-batches
- Event time and watermarks
- Windowed aggregations
- Stateful processing
Skills you'll pick up
- Batch vs streaming mental mode
- Sources and sinks
- Triggers and micro-batches
- Event time and watermarks
- Windowed aggregations
- Stateful processing
Tools covered
- Spark Streaming
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: Batch vs streaming mental model
Module 1 of Spark Structured Streaming. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Event time and watermarks
Module 2 of Spark Structured Streaming. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Stream-stream joins
Module 3 of Spark Structured Streaming. 2 lessons · 2h
Module 4: Exactly-once guarantees
Module 4 of Spark Structured Streaming. 2 lessons · 2h
Lessons in this course
- Batch vs streaming mental model
- Sources and sinks
- Triggers and micro-batches
- Event time and watermarks
- Windowed aggregations
- Stateful processing
- Stream-stream joins
- Checkpointing and recovery
- Exactly-once guarantees
- Monitoring streaming queries
Instructor
James Okafor — Data Platform Architect
James Okafor is a Data Platform Architect with years of hands-on experience teaching Spark Streaming to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Spark Structured Streaming. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $155,000 per year · median India salary ₹21,70,000 per year · 92,886 open roles worldwide
- Spark Streaming Specialist
- Senior Spark Streaming Lead
- Spark Streaming Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Spark Structured Streaming course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Spark Structured Streaming, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Spark Structured Streaming take?
10 lessons, typically completed in 4 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.