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| title: "Apache Beam Playground: An interactive environment to try transforms and examples" |
| date: 2022-11-30 00:00:01 -0800 |
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| - blog |
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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](https://play.beam.apache.org/) is an interactive environment to try Apache Beam transforms and examples without requiring to install or set up a Beam environment. |
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| ### **Apache Beam Playground Features** |
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| <img class="center-block" |
| src="/images/blog/BeamPlayground.gif" |
| alt="Apache Beam Playground"> |
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| * 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](/get-started/try-beam-playground/) page |
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| ### **What’s Next** |
| * Try examples in [Apache Beam Playground](https://play.beam.apache.org/) |
| * Submit your feedback using “Enjoying Playground?” in Apache Beam Playground or via [this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5_5XeOwwW2yjEVHUXmiBad8Lxk-4OtNcgG45pbyAZzd4EbA/viewform?usp=pp_url) |
| * Join the Beam [users@](/community/contact-us) mailing list |
| * Contribute to the Apache Beam Playground codebase by following a few steps in this [Contribution Guide](/contribute) |
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| Please [reach out](/community/contact-us) if you have any feedback or encounter any issues! |
