Category: kafka
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Kafka Core Concepts
1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll discuss the core concepts of Kafka. Understanding these core concepts is important for having strong understanding Kafka. 2. Messages and Batches In Kafka, the unit of data is called a message. You can think of a message as a row in a database. A message in Kafka is simply…
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Introduction to Kafka
1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll briefly introduce the Kafka. We’ll discuss the publish/subscribe messaging and also the problems which Kafka solves. 2. Publish/Subscribe Messaging Before discussing the Kafka, it is important to understand the concept of publish/subscribe messaging and its importance for data-driven applications. It is common for an enterprise application to generate lot…