7 Best Practices for Development and CICD on Databricks
Description
In this video I share why developer experience and best practices are important and why I think Databricks offers the best developer experience for a data platform. I'll cover high level developer lifecycle and 7 ways to improve your team's development process with a goal of better quality and reliability. Stay tuned for follow up videos that cover some of the key topics discussed here. Blog post with more details and deep dives: Coming soon * All thoughts and opinions are my own * More from Dustin: Website: https://dustinvannoy.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinvannoy Github: https://github.com/datakickstart
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