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book · BPB Publications · 2026

Hello Modern Data Pipelines

A practical guide to designing and operating modern data pipelines

An end-to-end roadmap for building production data pipelines: from ETL/ELT basics and pipeline design patterns to ingestion, transformation, storage, data quality, governance, real-time processing, orchestration and monitoring. Written for software, data and platform engineers, and for anyone moving into data engineering.

Pages
252
Formats
Paperback, ePub
ISBN
9789365894837
eISBN
9789365896084
What's inside · 10 chapters
  1. Introduction and Overview
  2. Data Engineering Essentials
  3. Designing Scalable Pipeline Architecture
  4. Advanced Data Ingestion and Integration
  5. Data Processing and Transformation
  6. Strategic Data Storage and Management
  7. Ensuring Data Quality, Governance, and Security
  8. Real-time Processing and Orchestration
  9. Case Studies and End-to-end Project
  10. Troubleshooting, Optimization, and Future Trends