1 Introduction to Kafka
This chapter covers
- Why you might want to use Kafka
- Common myths of big data and message systems
- Real-world use cases to help power messaging, streaming, and IoT data processing
As many developers are facing a world full of data produced from every angle, they are often presented with the fact that legacy systems might not be the best option moving forward. One of the foundational pieces of new data infrastructures that has taken over the IT landscape is Apache Kafka®.1 Kafka is changing the standards for data platforms. It is leading the way to move from extract, transform, load (ETL) and batch workflows (in which work was often held and processed in bulk at one predefined time) to near-real-time data feeds [1]. Batch ...
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