123. Databricks | Pyspark| Delta Live Table: Declarative VS Procedural
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Procedural data engineering approaches require developers to explicitly write and order every step of extraction, transformation, and loading logic. In contrast, declarative approaches like Databricks Delta Live Tables allow developers to specify only the desired final outcome while an underlying engine automatically determines the execution steps.
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