What is Google Dataflow?! A Cheat-Sheet.

Are You “Beaming” Yet?!

Ok. I know. I don’t always have the best jokes. But, hopefully, as you read on, the joke will get better?!

Anyways….since I joined Google, many of you have reached out and asked how they could “get real with real-time data”.

Since I’m better known for simplifying the complex than impersonating a “Data Standup Comedian”, I’ll use in this the “Take 5” formula, where I highlight 5 resources you should know about a technology.

In this post, we’ll on Google Dataflow. I know that the “Take 5” process will have its limits, which is why I’ve already created an “Extras” section at the bottom of this post where I share more related resources as I come across them.

Let me know what you think about the content, the formula and the process.

• What am I missing?
• What else do you want to hear about?

This post is for both of us so let’s make it better as we go along. And now, without further ado, let’s now drill down!

1 — What is Apache Beam?! via Alexandra Abbas (12 minutes)

Great overview: the Dataflow Model and concepts like Windowing & Triggers.