Course · 2 ways to learn

Databricks & Delta Lake

How the lakehouse really works — the Delta transaction log, OPTIMIZE/Z-order, MERGE & SCD2, Catalyst, AQE, Photon, and Unity Catalog — interactive.

Who it's for

Data engineers and analysts working with Spark, Databricks, or Delta Lake.

What you'll learn

  • Understand Delta internals — transaction log, ACID, schema enforcement
  • See file optimization — OPTIMIZE, Z-ordering, VACUUM, data skipping
  • Follow MERGE, SCD Type 2, Auto Loader, and Change Data Feed
  • Reason about Spark execution — Catalyst, AQE, joins, Photon

Course contents

  1. 01Delta Lake internals
  2. 02File optimization & ingestion
  3. 03Spark execution engine
  4. 04Architecture & governance