Kafka Streams in Action, Second Edition

1 Welcome to the Kafka event streaming platform

This chapter covers

• Defining event streaming and events
• Introducing the Kafka event streaming platform
• Applying the platform to a concrete example

While the constant influx of data creates more entertainment and opportunities for the consumer, increasingly, the users of this information are software systems using other software systems. Think, for example, of the fundamental interaction of watching a movie from your favorite movie streaming application. You log into the application, search for and select a film, and then watch it, and afterward, you may provide a rating or some indication of how you enjoyed the movie. Just this simple interaction generates several events captured by the ...