prerequisites.md

The following are pre-requisites to run the labs.

1. InsightEdge 14.5.0 is bundled with Spark 2.4.0. Spark 2.4.0 supports Java 1.8, Scala 2.11.x
   • https://www.gigaspaces.com/product/insightedge-platform
   • https://openjdk.java.net/install/
   • https://www.scala-lang.org/download/
2. IntelliJ - https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
3. Maven 3.x - https://maven.apache.org/install.html
4. Kafka 2.1 - https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart
5. Linux or Mac OS are recommended, though not required.