Polars for Data Workloads: Fast DataFrames, Lazy Queries, and ETL Pipelines
Language: English
Published by NobleTrex Press, 2026
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- Title
- Polars for Data Workloads: Fast DataFrames, Lazy Queries, and ETL Pipelines
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- Team, Trex
- Publisher
- NobleTrex Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
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- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 9798896653899
"Polars for Data Workloads: Fast DataFrames, Lazy Queries, and ETL Pipelines"
Polars has changed what “fast” and “production-ready” can mean for Python data work, but speed only pays off when you understand the execution model behind it. This book is written for experienced data engineers, analytics engineers, and performance-minded Python users who need DataFrame workflows that scale cleanly from local development to repeatable, inspectable production pipelines—without falling back to brittle row-wise code or opaque black-box tooling.
You’ll learn Polars from the inside out: the core data model (Series/DataFrame/LazyFrame) and the expression-first API as a composable computation graph; schema and dtype discipline (including null semantics, temporal correctness, and nested data); and IO decisions that determine throughput and interoperability across Parquet/CSV/Arrow and pandas boundaries. The centerpiece is LazyFrame: whole-plan optimization, predicate/projection pushdown, materialization strategy (collect vs sink), explain-driven plan validation, and streaming execution for larger-than-RAM workloads. The book then applies these foundations to joins, group-by patterns, windows, reshaping, and event-time alignment, culminating in production ETL architecture, quality gates, and a performance workflow you can operationalize.
Assuming strong Python proficiency and familiarity with tabular data concepts, the text emphasizes decision criteria, failure modes, and reproducible engineering practices—grounded in Polars 1.x behavior and upgrade-aware guidance.
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