Apache Kafka | Net Core

🌟 Apache Kafka with .NET Core: A Comprehensive Guide 🌟

Course Overview:

Embark on your journey to master Apache Kafka within the context of .NET Core applications. This course is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of Kafka's architecture, core concepts, and practical implementation using C# and ASP.NET Core. Fatih Çakıroğlu, an experienced instructor, will guide you through each step, ensuring you gain the knowledge and skills to effectively leverage Kafka in your real-time data processing applications.

What You'll Learn:

Introduction to Apache Kafka

• The necessity of Apache Kafka in modern systems 🔍
• Kafka's role in contemporary data architectures 🚀
• An overview of Kafka's features and common use cases 📊
• How to install and set up Kafka clusters for your projects 💻

Kafka Architecture

• A deep dive into Kafka's architecture 🕵️‍♂️
• Understanding topics, partitions, and replicas 📦
• The roles of Kafka brokers, Zookeeper, producers, consumers, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams 🤖

Kafka Core Concepts

• Messages, records, and offsets - the backbone of Kafka communication 🔄
• Serialization and deserialization best practices in Kafka ⚙️
• Consumer groups and managing offsets for fault tolerance and data durability 🛡️
• Retention policies and log compaction for efficient data management 🗂️

Introduction to Kafka Topics

• The significance of topics within the Kafka ecosystem 🏗️
• Overview of topic partitions, replicas, and leaders 🎯
• Real-world applications of Kafka Topics in data processing 🌐

Creating and Managing Kafka Topics

• Steps to create Kafka Topics with Confluent 📈
• Managing configurations, retention policies, and compaction for optimal performance ⚙️

Kafka Topic Partitions

• Understanding the importance of topic partitions 🔁
• Strategies for configuring partitioning and managing rebalancing and leader elections 📊

Introduction to Kafka Producers

• The role of Kafka Producers and their key components ✉️
• Building Kafka Producers with C# client libraries and writing data to topics 🖥️

Implementing Kafka Producers

• Synchronous vs. asynchronous producer implementation 🚀
• Handling serialization/deserialization of data for producers 🔁

Error Handling and Retries

• Techniques for handling errors and retries in Kafka Producers ✂️
• Configuring retry behavior and error handling strategies for robust applications 🛠️

Introduction to Kafka Consumers

• The role of Kafka Consumers and their key components 🔍
• Overview of consumer responsibilities and use cases in data processing 📊

Developing with Kafka: Building Kafka Consumers

• Constructing Kafka Consumers with C# client libraries 🧵
• Subscribing to topics, consuming messages, and processing data 🗂️
• Handling deserialization within consumers and integrating them into .NET Core applications 🤝

Implementing Kafka Consumers

• Diving into consumer group IDs, auto-commit, and other key configurations ⚙️
• Fine-tuning Kafka Consumer settings for different use cases 🔧

Why Take This Course?

• Real-World Application: Learn to implement Kafka within the context of .NET Core applications, which are used in real-world, high-performance systems.
• Hands-On Experience: Apply what you learn through practical exercises and examples.
• Expert Instruction: Benefit from Fatih Çakıroğlu's extensive knowledge and experience with Kafka and .NET Core.

Who Should Take This Course?

• Developers looking to integrate Apache Kafka into their .NET Core applications 👩‍💻
• Software engineers aiming to understand the intricacies of Kafka's architecture and components 🌍
• Anyone interested in building scalable, real-time data processing systems with Kafka and .NET Core 🚀

Prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of .NET Core and C# programming language 🎓
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming and RESTful APIs in .NET Core 🕒

Embark on this journey to become proficient with Apache Kafka within the .NET ecosystem. Enroll in this course and elevate your skills to new heights! 🚀📚