Real-Time Data Engineering: Python, Dbt & DuckDB

Real-Time Data Engineering: Python, dbt & DuckDB

Course Curriculum

• 3 sections • 12 lectures • 1h 14m total length

Compatibility & Requirements

• No previous data engineering experience is required — the course explains the pipeline step by step.

• Basic Python knowledge is helpful, but advanced programming skills are not required.

• Basic SQL knowledge is helpful for understanding the dbt transformations and queries.

• A Windows, macOS, or Linux computer capable of running Python and the course tools.

• Internet access for installing packages and retrieving live data from the API.

• Python and Visual Studio Code — installation and setup are covered in the course.

• No paid database or cloud account is required — we use DuckDB locally.

• No previous experience with DuckDB, dbt, Streamlit, Plotly, or API ingestion is required.

• A willingness to follow along and build the project hands-on is all you need.