Study Databricks DE-ASSOC Development and Ingestion: key concepts, common traps, and exam decision cues.
This section is where DE-ASSOC starts to feel like day-to-day data engineering. The exam shifts from platform awareness into how you actually build, ingest, and debug work on Databricks. The recurring decision is whether you understand the difference between local development flow, in-workspace notebook behavior, and managed ingestion or debugging behavior.
| Lesson | Focus |
|---|---|
| 2.1 Notebooks & Dev | Learn how notebooks and local IDE-connected workflow differ and when each is the stronger development lane. |
| 2.2 Auto Loader | Learn which ingestion sources and syntax patterns fit Auto Loader and why incremental discovery matters. |
| 2.3 Debugging & Triage | Learn how to troubleshoot notebook and ingestion issues with built-in tools instead of blind guesswork. |
| If the question is really about… | Go first to… |
|---|---|
| notebook capabilities, local IDE workflow, or Databricks Connect | 2.1 Notebooks, Databricks Connect & Dev Workflow |
| landing new files, streaming-style discovery, or Auto Loader syntax | 2.2 Auto Loader Sources, Syntax & Ingestion Patterns |
| logs, traces, failures, notebook runs, or narrowing down a pipeline issue | 2.3 Debugging Tools, Logs & Pipeline Triage |