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Designing Event-driven Applications Using Apache Kafka Ecosystem

by Bogdan Sucaciu

Apache Kafka has become one of the most popular tools available when it comes to enterprise messaging and streaming. In this course, you will learn the basics of creating an event-driven system using Apache Kafka and the ecosystem around it.

What you'll learn

Companies today need to react faster than ever to customer needs, and classic methods of handling data may not be enough for the ever-changing world of technology. In this course, Designing Event-driven Applications Using Apache Kafka Ecosystem, you will gain the ability to design a real-time event-driven system. First, you will learn the basics of event-driven systems and how to get into the mindset of creating one. Next, you will discover Apache Kafka and several tools for integrating with it to make the process even smoother. Finally, you will explore how to think the “streaming” way by processing data as it arrives in your system. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Apache Kafka and the ecosystem around it needed to design an event-driven system.

About the author

Software Engineer by day, Pluralsight author by night, Bogdan likes to experiment with cutting-edge technologies and teach about them. His favorite talking subjects are streaming data, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and cloud technologies. He has several years of experience “cooking” software with JVM based languages, some flavors of web technologies, and garnishing with automated testing. He holds a BS in Robotics where he spent countless hours programming microcontrollers an... more

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