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Apache Kafka is an open-source event streaming platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation that enables real-time data ingestion, processing, and distribution across distributed systems. It solves the challenge of handling high-volume, low-latency data streams by allowing applications to publish, subscribe to, and process streams of events reliably. Within the Apache ecosystem, Kafka serves as a foundational layer for building scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines and stream processing applications. The core components include Kafka Broker for storing and managing event streams, Kafka Producer and Kafka Consumer APIs for publishing and subscribing to data, Kafka Streams for building stream processing applications, and Kafka Connect for integrating with external systems using ready-to-use connectors. These modules work together to support use cases such as log aggregation, metrics collection, event sourcing, and real-time analytics at scale. This technology is designed for software engineers, data architects, and DevOps professionals who need to build or maintain real-time data infrastructure, enabling them to decouple data producers from consumers, ensure fault-tolerant delivery, and process large-scale event streams efficiently across distributed environments.
Java Programming
Develop applications using Java with familiarity in core language features
Core Kafka Concepts
Explain brokers, topics, partitions, producers, consumers and event streaming
Command Line Tools
Use Kafka CLI tools like kafka-topics.sh and console producer-consumer
Event Streaming Basics
Understand publish-subscribe model and message delivery guarantees
Distributed Systems
Describe replication, fault tolerance and scalability in distributed environments
Java 17+ Environment
Set up and run Java 17 or higher for Kafka development
The building blocks every Kafka solution is made of
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CCDAKConfluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka
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