Introduction to Kafka with Spring Boot

Ím glad to hear that you're interested in the comprehensive course on Apache Kafka and Spring Boot with Spring Kafka! Here's a summary of what you can expect from the course, including installation, usage, and advanced concepts:

Course Overview:

• Introduction to Apache Kafka: Understanding the importance of Kafka for handling high-throughput data pipelines and event streaming in real-time.

• Installation and Setup:

  • Installing and running the Kafka broker locally on a Linux/Mac system.
  • Installing and running the Kafka broker on Windows using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

• Kafka Command Line Tools: Learning to use Kafka's command line interface to send and receive messages, view topic metadata, and more.

• Spring Boot Application Development with Spring Kafka:

  • Creating a Spring Boot application using Spring Initializr.
  • Exploring the Spring Kafka APIs for consuming and producing messages.
  • Using Spring annotations to simplify your code.
  • Unit testing producers and consumers with JUnit and Mockito.
  • Integration testing with Spring Boot Test, Spring Kafka Test, and embedding a Kafka broker.

• Advanced Spring Kafka Concepts:

  • Handling String and JSON messages.
  • Managing message serialization and deserialization.
  • Ensuring message ordering and handling keyed messages.
  • Configuring Kafka beans programmatically or through application properties.
  • Setting up manual and automatic topic creation.
  • Implementing consumer group configuration, failover, and shared/dedicated consumption strategies.
  • Handling retries, dead letter topics, and routing messages based on content.

• Course Extras:

  • Access to a private Slack community for real-time help from the instructor and other Spring professionals.
  • A free 4-month trial license for IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate for hands-on experience with the preferred Java IDE among Spring Framework professionals.

• Additional Resources:

  • Closed captioning in English for all course videos.
  • Downloadable PDFs of presentations.

• Lifetime Access and Guarantee:

  • Lifetime access to the course content.
  • Thirty-day money-back guarantee if you're not satisfied with the course.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction to Kafka - Its use cases, architecture, and how it differs from other messaging systems.
2. Kafka Broker Setup - Instructions for setting up a Kafka broker on different operating systems.
3. Kafka Command Line Tools - Commands for producer and consumer operations.
4. Spring Boot Integration - Using Spring Initializr, Spring Kafka APIs, and annotations for seamless integration.
5. Message Handling - Working with keys, message ordering, and serialization (String, JSON).
6. Consumer Groups - Understanding consumer groups, failover strategies, and shared/dedicated consumption.
7. Error Handling - Poison pill messages, retry mechanisms, and dead letter topics.
8. Configuration - Kafka bean configuration in Spring Boot, manual vs. automatic topic creation.
9. Advanced Scenarios - Routing, configuring trusted packages, and handling multiple event types from the same topic.
10. Testing - Unit testing with JUnit and Mockito, integration testing with Spring Boot Test.

By the end of this course, you'll have a solid understanding of how to use Apache Kafka within a Spring Boot application, from setting up your environment to handling complex messaging patterns and scenarios. You'll also be part of a vibrant community of Spring enthusiasts, with access to resources that will help you succeed in your projects involving Apache Kafka and Spring Boot.