Front matter
foreword
Beginning with its first release in 2011, Apache Kafka® has helped create a new category of data-in-motion systems, and it’s now the foundation of countless modern event-driven applications. This book, Kafka in Action, written by Dylan Scott, Viktor Gamov, and Dave Klein, equips you with the skills to design and implement event-based applications built on Apache Kafka. The authors have had many years of real-world experience using Kafka, and this book’s on-the-ground feel really sets it apart.
Let’s take a moment to ask the question, “Why do we need Kafka in the first place?” Historically, most applications were built on data-at-rest systems. When some interesting events happened in the world, they were stored in these systems ...
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