Kafka Crash Course – Hands-On Project
This tutorial dives into Apache Kafka’s “what” and “why,” exploring its architecture, performance at scale and how it stacks up against other message brokers. You’ll get a quick conceptual overview before jumping into a realistic Python + Docker Compose demo that shows you exactly how to build a producer, consumer and use the Kafka CLI.
The step-by-step guide ensures smooth setup—download the GitLab repo, fire up Kafka with Docker, write and run your producer/consumer, then test the full flow and shut everything down gracefully. Bonus resources include official docs, prereq videos on Python and Docker, timestamps for each chapter, plus a free month of PyCharm PRO courtesy of JetBrains!
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