Day 1 of 14 30 minCouplingEventsLogs vs queues
See the problem Kafka solves. Compare services that call each other directly with services that publish and react to events, learn the difference between a queue and a log, and send your first events through a Kafka simulator.
By the end of today you can
- Explain the problems with services calling each other directly
- Describe an event and the publish/subscribe idea
- Explain the difference between a message queue and Kafka's log
- Name common uses of Kafka
- Produce and consume your first events with the course simulator
What's inside
- 5 sections
- 3 diagrams and mind maps
- 3 code examples you can run
- 5-question quiz
- 1The problem with calling services directly
- 2Events: publish once, react anywhere
- 3A queue or a log?
- 4Your first events
- 5Where Kafka is used
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