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Have questions?
StackOverflow
For usage questions and help (e.g. how to use this Spark API), it is recommended you use the
StackOverflow tag `apache-spark`
as it is an active forum for Spark users' questions and answers.
Some quick tips when using StackOverflow:
- Prior to asking submitting questions, please:
- Search StackOverflow's
`apache-spark` tag to see if
your question has already been answered
- Search the ASF archive for
user@spark.apache.org
- Please follow the StackOverflow code of conduct
- Always use the `apache-spark` tag when asking questions
- Please also use a secondary tag to specify components so subject matter experts can more easily find them.
Examples include: `pyspark`, `spark-dataframe`, `spark-streaming`, `spark-r`, `spark-mllib`,
`spark-ml`, `spark-graphx`, `spark-graphframes`, `spark-tensorframes`, etc.
- Please do not cross-post between StackOverflow and the mailing lists
- No jobs, sales, or solicitation is permitted on StackOverflow
Mailing lists
For broad, opinion based, ask for external resources, debug issues, bugs, contributing to the
project, and scenarios, it is recommended you use the user@spark.apache.org mailing list.
Some quick tips when using email:
- Prior to asking submitting questions, please:
- Search StackOverflow at `apache-spark`
to see if your question has already been answered
- Search the ASF archive for
user@spark.apache.org
- Tagging the subject line of your email will help you get a faster response, e.g.
`[Spark SQL]: Does Spark SQL support LEFT SEMI JOIN?`
- Tags may help identify a topic by:
- Component: Spark Core, Spark SQL, ML, MLlib, GraphFrames, GraphX, TensorFrames, etc
- Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- Scenario: Debug, How-to
- For error logs or long code examples, please use GitHub gist
and include only a few lines of the pertinent code / log within the email.
- No jobs, sales, or solicitation is permitted on the Apache Spark mailing lists.
Reporting security issues
Please see the [Security](security.html) page for information on how to report sensitive security
vulnerabilities, and for information on known security issues.
Chat rooms
Chat rooms are great for quick questions or discussions on specialized topics. The following chat rooms are not officially part of Apache Spark; they are provided for reference only.
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Spark with Scala is for questions and discussions related to using Spark with the Scala programming language.
Events and meetups
Conferences
The Spark Summit website archives at spark-summit.org, from years 2013 to 2017, are no longer available, so the links to them have been removed. Instead, we have
most of the video recordings.
Meetups
Spark Meetups are grass-roots events organized and hosted by individuals in the community around the world. Check out meetup.com/topics/apache-spark to find a Spark meetup in your part of the world. Below is a partial list of Spark meetups.
If you'd like your meetup or conference added, please email user@spark.apache.org.
Issue tracker
The project tracks bugs and new features on JIRA. If you'd like, you can also subscribe to issues@spark.apache.org to receive emails about new issues, and commits@spark.apache.org to get emails about commits.
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