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Fundamentals of Apache Kafka
on-demand course

Fundamentals of Apache Kafka

with Joseph Holbrook
July 2024
Beginner
2h 13m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Overview

Empower yourself with the knowledge and skills to conquer the world of real-time data using Apache Kafka, the industry's leading streaming platform.

This course is more than just technical training, it's your starting line to learning the potential of streaming data and its use cases.

You’ll understand how to use Kafka to publish and subscribe to data streams, learn how to deploy an instance locally or in the cloud as well as understanding the development environments and resources available.

Importantly this course will help you gain a strategic advantage by staying ahead of the curve in today's data-driven world by leveraging real-time insights to inform your business decisions.

Discover the in-demand Kafka skills highly sought after by companies across industries by joining this O’Reilly on demand course.

What you’ll learn and how to apply it

  • Learn about Kafka key concepts and use cases
  • Identify the importance of event streaming and its design principles
  • Learn about what producers and consumers are in Kafka
  • Deploy a Kafka Instance, create events, write messages and more
  • Identify best practices for architecture, availability, and replication
  • Confidently navigate the Kafka ecosystem and its core concepts
  • Build and manage robust real-time data pipelines using Kafka
  • Integrate Kafka with your existing applications and data infrastructure
  • Develop real-time streaming applications for various use cases
  • Become proficient in working with Kafka tools and APIs

This course is for you because

You are one of the following:

  • Data Engineers, Data Analysts with some experience working with data.
  • IT Professionals that need an understanding of Kafka and its architecture.
  • Software professionals who need an understanding of Kafka to apply in deployments.

Prerequisites

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Publisher Resources

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