An introduction to Apache Kafka - this is Event Streaming, not just Messaging
summary
Apache Kafka is presented as an event streaming platform, not a queue: events are immutable stream history written to topics and split into partitions; keys deterministically route events to a partition so ordering is guaranteed per-partition. Run locally with bundled shell scripts and ZooKeeper, use the built-in Java client or community clients, and follow the QuickStart. Consumers track offsets in Kafka, consumer groups split partitions for scale, and replication plus leader election provides HA; choose acks=0/1/all and consider idempotent producers.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction to Kafka
- 1:33Events vs Messages
- 4:41Producing Events
- 9:15Consuming Events
- 12:04Cluster Architecture
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