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Session Introduction

Welcome to the first session on ‘Introduction to Apache Airflow’.

Let’s watch the next video, where Ajay will outline the concepts that will be covered as a part of this session.

In this session

As Ajay discussed in the previous video, we will see what data pipelines are and why their orchestration is needed. Next, we will discuss some possible solutions for data pipeline orchestration and understand why we choose Apache Airflow.

In the following segment, we formally introduce Airflow and discuss some of its prominent features. Then, we discuss some of the essential concepts in Airflow such as DAGs and Tasks.

Finally, we will conclude the session by discussing some important components of Airflow and understanding its internal architecture.

Note: The PPT used in this session is available in the ‘Session Summary’ segment.

People you will hear from in this session

Subject Matter Expert

Ajay Shukla

Senior Data Engineer

Ajay is currently working as a Senior Data Engineer with a leading ride-hailing service provider in the Middle East. He has been working for over eight years in the industry and is associated with top retail and entertainment organisations.

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