The following table provides a detailed list of software versions and libraries used in this book. If you follow the installation instructions covered in this chapter, it will include most of the items listed here. Any other JAR or library files that may be required for specific recipes are covered via additional installation instructions in the respective recipes:

Miscellaneous JARs that will be required are as follows:

We have additionally tested all the recipes in this book on Spark 2.1.1 and found that the programs executed as expected. It is recommended for learning purposes you use the software versions and libraries listed in these tables.

To stay current with the rapidly changing Spark landscape and documentation, the API links to the Spark documentation mentioned throughout this book point to the latest version of Spark 2.x.x, but the API references in the recipes are explicitly for Spark 2.0.0.

All the Spark documentation links provided in this book will point to the latest documentation on Spark's website. If you prefer to look for documentation for a specific version of Spark (for example, Spark 2.0.0), look for relevant documentation on the Spark website using the following URL:

https://spark.apache.org/documentation.html

We've made the code as simple as possible for clarity purposes rather than demonstrating the advanced features of Scala.