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title: “Apache Beam Playground: An interactive environment to try transforms and examples” date: 2022-11-30 00:00:01 -0800 categories:

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• /blog/2022/11/30/apache-beam-playground.html authors:
• alexkosolapov

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What is Apache Beam Playground?

Apache Beam Playground is an interactive environment to try Apache Beam transforms and examples without requiring to install or set up a Beam environment.

Apache Beam Playground Features

• Discover transform examples that you can try right away by browsing or searching Catalog that is sourced from Apache Beam GitHub
• Supports Java, Python, Go SDKs, and Scio to execute the example in Beam Direct Runner
• Displays pipeline execution graph (DAG)
• Code editor to modify examples or try your own custom pipeline with a Direct Runner
• Code editor with code highlighting, flexible layout, color schemes, and other features to provide responsive UX in desktop browsers
• Embedding a Playground example on a web page prompts the web page readers to try the example pipeline in the Playground - e.g., Playground Quickstart page

What’s Next

• Try examples in Apache Beam Playground
• Submit your feedback using “Enjoying Playground?” in Apache Beam Playground or via this form
• Join the Beam users@ mailing list
• Contribute to the Apache Beam Playground codebase by following a few steps in this Contribution Guide

Please reach out if you have any feedback or encounter any issues!