Event-Driven Architecture with Apache Kafka: Python and Docker Hands-On
Master Apache Kafka by building a real-time event-driven Python application. Learn core streaming concepts, spin up brokers with Docker Compose, and implement producers and consumers. This hands-on guide prepares you for building scalable data pipelines and real-time AI integrations.
Course Overview
Welcome to the ultimate hands-on guide to Apache Kafka! In this course, you will transition from a traditional request-response mindset to designing highly scalable, event-driven architectures. You will learn to build, run, and test a complete real-time streaming data pipeline from scratch.
What You'll Learn
- Kafka Core Architecture: Understand topics, partitions, brokers, and how Kafka achieves high throughput and fault tolerance.
- Dockerized Setup: Spin up Kafka and Zookeeper/KRaft containers seamlessly using Docker Compose.
- Hands-on Python Integration: Write production-ready Kafka Producers and Consumers using Python.
- Command Line Operations: Master the Kafka CLI to monitor, troubleshoot, and manage your streaming data.
- AI Pipeline Concepts: Discover how event-driven streams connect to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems using Vector Embeddings and a Vector Store.
Target Audience & Prerequisites
- Target Audience: Beginner developers and backend engineers who want to build distributed systems.
- Prerequisites: Basic Python programming knowledge, an OpenAI API key (for optional AI integrations), and familiarity with Docker.
Tools & Technologies Used
- Apache Kafka & Zookeeper
- Docker & Docker Compose
- Python (with
confluent-kafkalibrary) - PyCharm IDE
- ChromaDB & OpenAI API (for downstream RAG pipelines)
Course Content
Introduction to Apache Kafka & Event Streaming Architecture
Understanding Event Streaming & Why Kafka?
How Kafka Achieves Scalable Performance
Kafka vs. Traditional Message Brokers & Demo Overview
Setting Up Kafka with Docker Compose
Initializing the Python Project Environment
Configuring and Running Kafka with Docker Compose
Developing Kafka Producers and Consumers in Python
Writing and Running a Kafka Producer in Python
Writing and Running a Kafka Consumer in Python
Testing the End-to-End Flow and Graceful Shutdown
Kafka CLI Operations and Pipeline Validation
Mastering the Kafka CLI
End-to-End Pipeline Validation and Graceful Shutdown
This course includes
- 1h 14m on-demand video
- 10 lessons across 4 chapters
- 4 interactive quizzes
- Access on mobile and desktop
- Source playlist on YouTube
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