--- title: PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review | daily.dev description: Apache Spark 3.4 and 3.5 in 2023 introduced several new features and improvements to PySpark, including Spark Connect for remote connectivity, Arrow-optimized... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pyspark-in-2023-a-year-in-review-df5lxwwgn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review | daily.dev og:description: Apache Spark 3.4 and 3.5 in 2023 introduced several new features and improvements to PySpark, including Spark Connect for remote connectivity, Arrow-optimized... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pyspark-in-2023-a-year-in-review-df5lxwwgn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Df5lxwwGN.png og:image:alt: PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review **[databricks](https://daily.dev/sources/databricks)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apache Spark 3.4 and 3.5 in 2023 introduced several new features and improvements to PySpark, including Spark Connect for remote connectivity, Arrow-optimized Python UDFs for better performance, and the English SDK to simplify PySpark programming. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#apache-spark](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-spark), [#pyspark](https://daily.dev/tags/pyspark) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pyspark-in-2023-a-year-in-review-df5lxwwgn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pyspark-in-2023-a-year-in-review-df5lxwwgn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pyspark-in-2023-a-year-in-review-df5lxwwgn"},"datePublished":"2024-03-25T15:42:04.369Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Apache Spark 3.4 and 3.5 in 2023 introduced several new features and improvements to PySpark, including Spark Connect for remote connectivity, Arrow-optimized...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/07143c27381e6b7b8e3ea648d9a08dc2?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/07143c27381e6b7b8e3ea648d9a08dc2?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"databricks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"databricks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/fa7aa720f2db4d1eba826814730482c8","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/databricks"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pyspark-in-2023-a-year-in-review-df5lxwwgn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"apache-spark,pyspark","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"databricks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/databricks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review"}]} ```