A basic knowledge of the Scala programming language is required in order to understand the hands-on topics throughout this book. Basic knowledge of machine learning will also be helpful for a better understanding of the deep learning theory. Preliminary knowledge or experience with Apache Spark isn't necessary, as the first chapter covers all of the topics regarding the Spark ecosystem. A good knowledge of Python is required only in order to understand the Keras and TensorFlow models that can be imported in DL4J.

In order to build and execute the code examples in this book, Scala 2.11.x, Java 8, Apache Maven, and your IDE of choice are required.

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There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

val spark = SparkSession
     .builder
       .appName("StructuredNetworkWordCount")
       .master(master)
       .getOrCreate()

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

-------------------------------------------
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 -------------------------------------------
 (consumer,1)
 (Yet,1)
 (another,1)
 (message,2)
 (for,1)
 (the,1)

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-server-start.sh $KAFKA_HOME/config/server.properties

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."