The Full Stack of Innovation: Building Data and AI Products With Databricks Apps

In this deep-dive technical session, Ivan Trusov (Sr. SSA @ Databricks) and Giran Moodley (SA @ Databricks) — will explore the full-stack development of Databricks Apps, covering everything from frameworks to deployment.

We’ll walk through essential topics, including:

• Frameworks & tooling — Pythonic (Dash, Streamlit, Gradio) vs. JS + Python stack
• Development lifecycle — Debugging, issue resolution and best practices
• Testing — Unit, integration and load testing strategies
• CI/CD & deployment — Automating with Databricks Asset Bundles
• Monitoring & observability — OpenTelemetry, metrics collection and analysis

Expect a highly practical session with several live demos, showcasing the development loop, testing workflows and CI/CD automation. Whether you’re building internal tools or AI-powered products, this talk will equip you with the knowledge to ship robust, scalable Databricks Apps.