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Data build tool (dbt)

Data build tool (dbt)

From the course: Data Engineering: dbt for SQL

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Data build tool (dbt)

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- [Instructor] In the world of software engineering, principles like testing, version control, and dependency visualization have significantly improved stability and overall quality of life. However, these beneficial features haven't always existed and been readily available to data engineers. In the past, such capabilities were often limited to large-scale enterprise platforms, making it challenging for smaller teams or firms to implement them effectively. Then, everything changed a few years ago with the introduction of dbt, or data build tool, by a small company called Fishtown Analytics. Dbt revolutionized the data engineering landscape, providing a powerful open-source solution for building data pipelines. Dbt lives up to its name by helping data engineers build and transform data with ease. It allows for the modularization and centralization of analytics code, making SQL-based data transformation and testing a…

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