Scala

// This import is needed to use the $-notation
import spark.implicits._
// Print the schema in a tree format
df.printSchema()
// root
// |-- age: long (nullable = true)
// |-- name: string (nullable = true)

// Select only the "name" column
df.select("name").show()
// +-------+
// |   name|
// +-------+
// |Michael|
// |   Andy|
// | Justin|
// +-------+

// Select everybody, but increment the age by 1
df.select($"name", $"age" + 1).show()
// +-------+---------+
// |   name|(age + 1)|
// +-------+---------+
// |Michael|     null|
// |   Andy|       31|
// | Justin|       20|
// +-------+---------+

// Select people older than 21
df.filter($"age" > 21).show()
// +---+----+
// |age|name|
// +---+----+
// | 30|Andy|
// +---+----+

// Count people by age
df.groupBy("age").count().show()
// +----+-----+
// | age|count|
// +----+-----+
// |  19|    1|
// |null|    1|
// |  30|    1|
// +----+-----+

Java

// col("...") is preferable to df.col("...")
import static org.apache.spark.sql.functions.col;

// Print the schema in a tree format
df.printSchema();
// root
// |-- age: long (nullable = true)
// |-- name: string (nullable = true)

// Select only the "name" column
df.select("name").show();
// +-------+
// |   name|
// +-------+
// |Michael|
// |   Andy|
// | Justin|
// +-------+

// Select everybody, but increment the age by 1
df.select(col("name"), col("age").plus(1)).show();
// +-------+---------+
// |   name|(age + 1)|
// +-------+---------+
// |Michael|     null|
// |   Andy|       31|
// | Justin|       20|
// +-------+---------+

// Select people older than 21
df.filter(col("age").gt(21)).show();
// +---+----+
// |age|name|
// +---+----+
// | 30|Andy|
// +---+----+

// Count people by age
df.groupBy("age").count().show();
// +----+-----+
// | age|count|
// +----+-----+
// |  19|    1|
// |null|    1|
// |  30|    1|
// +----+-----+