Mastering Apache Kafka - AI-Powered Learning for Developers

Learn about Apache Kafka's architecture, client APIs, stream processing, and connectors. Build real-time data streaming and event-driven applications while exploring Kafka's ecosystem.

Intermediate

33 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

Learn about Apache Kafka's architecture, client APIs, stream processing, and connectors. Build real-time data streaming and event-driven applications while exploring Kafka's ecosystem.

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This course includes

1 Project

18 Playgrounds

6 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Project

18 Playgrounds

6 Quizzes

Course Overview

Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform designed to handle real-time data streaming and processing in a distributed and fault-tolerant manner. This course can be taken by software developers and data engineers wanting to learn Kafka to build data-intensive applications. You will begin with an introduction to the Kafka architecture, client libraries, and its project ecosystem. Next, you will learn to use the Kafka Client APIs along with key configurations. Then, you will learn to develop stream pr...Show More

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience developing applications using Kafka

Working knowledge of building stream processing applications

The ability to work with data pipelines

An understanding of open-source tools in the Kafka ecosystem

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience developing applications using Kafka

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with real-time data streaming, Kafka architecture, and client libraries.

Course Overview

Apache Kafka Architecture

Apache Kafka Client Libraries Apache Kafka Java Client Library Quiz: Kafka Concepts and Clients

Apache Kafka Producer API

Unpack the core of using Kafka's Producer API for efficient and reliable message production.

The Kafka Producer API The Producer API: Configuration and Best Practices Quiz: The Kafka Producer API

Apache Kafka Consumer API

Go hands-on with efficiently reading, processing, and managing Kafka messages using the Consumer API.

The Kafka Consumer API Using Kafka as a Topic and Queue Consumer API: Configuration and Best Practices Quiz: Kafka Consumer API

Setting up a Streaming Data Pipeline With Kafka

Project

Kafka Streams

Apply your skills to develop scalable, real-time, fault-tolerant streaming applications with Kafka Streams.

Introduction to Kafka Streams The DSL API’s Stateless Operations: Overview The DSL API’s Stateless Operations: Application The DSL API’s Stateful Operations: Aggregation The DSL API Stateful Operations: Join The DSL API’s Stateful Operation: Windowing Interactive Queries Testing Kafka Streams Applications Quiz: Kafka Streams

Kafka Connect

Dig into Kafka Connect's integration capabilities, source and sink connectors, and data transformations.

Introduction to Kafka Connect Kafka Connect Source Connectors Kafka Connect Sink Connectors Kafka Connect Transformations Quiz: Kafka Connect

Exploring Projects in the Kafka Ecosystem

6 Lessons

Investigate key tools and frameworks enhancing Kafka’s integration, schema management, and data replication.

Wrap Up

1 Lesson

Utilize Kafka for data solutions with producer, consumer APIs, streams, and Kafka Connect.

Final Project

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