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Apache Kafka Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to Event-Driven and Distributed Systems

Build a practical understanding of Apache Kafka and the systems around it. This tutorial covers topics, partitions, producers, consumers, consumer groups, offsets, delivery semantics, replication, cluster architecture, ZooKeeper and KRaft, ordering, keys, serialization, schemas, and event-driven architecture. It also compares Kafka with traditional message queues and leads toward a practical Kafka application.

1. Lesson 1

   Lesson 1: Why Kafka Exists

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2. Lesson 2

   Lesson 2: What Is Apache Kafka?

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3. Lesson 3

   Lesson 3: Kafka's Core Concepts

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4. Lesson 4

   Lesson 4: Topics and Partitions

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5. Lesson 5

   Lesson 5: Kafka Producers

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6. Lesson 6

   Lesson 6: Kafka Consumers

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   Lesson 7: Consumer Groups

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8. Lesson 8

   Lesson 8: Offsets and Message Processing

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9. Lesson 9

   Lesson 9: Kafka Delivery Semantics

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    Lesson 10: Kafka Replication and Fault Tolerance

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    Lesson 11: Kafka Cluster Architecture

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    Lesson 12: Kafka and ZooKeeper/KRaft

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    Lesson 13: Kafka Message Ordering and Keys

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    Lesson 14: Kafka Serialization and Schemas

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15. Lesson 15

    Lesson 15: Kafka as an Event-Driven Architecture

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16. Lesson 16

    Lesson 16: Kafka vs Traditional Message Queues

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17. Lesson 17

    Lesson 17: Building a Practical Kafka Application

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