Kafka for Architects: Event-driven architecture, logs, microservices, real-time event processing

ISBN: 1633436411

Author: Gorshkova, Katya

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Get a free eBook (PDF or ePub) from Manning as well as access to the online liveBook format (and its AI assistant that will answer your questions in any language) when you purchase the print book.This book teaches you how to incorporate Kafka into enterprise applications. This book stays above the code-level details, focusing instead on how to use Kafka to achieve your technical and business goals.Architects across industries are turning to Kafka for its unparalleled speed, reliability, and scalability. In this book, author Katya Gorshkova lays out how Kafka fits into complex system designs, expertly illustrating how you can use Kafka for effective logging, telemetry, microservices communication, and more in event driven enterprise applications.In Kafka for Architects you will find: Kafkas role in enterprise software The event-driven architecture pattern Data streaming solutions Event driven architecture in messaging systems Explaining Kafka clusters Data streaming solutions Designing data contracts Kafka in real world use casesAbout the TechnologyKafka is a powerful distributed event streaming platform perfect for the real-time data pipelines you find in all modern software systems. As a software architect, its mission critical to understand how Kafka impacts every aspect of system design, deployment, management, and maintenance. This unique book provides the architectural principles you need to integrate Kafka effectively into enterprise applications at any scale.About the BookKafka for Architects focuses on architectural principles rather than code, showing exactly how to align Kafka with your organizations technical and business goals. Youll explore proven patterns and anti-patterns, integration strategies, and the broader Kafka ecosystem-from event pipelines to microservices communication.Whats Inside Event-driven architecture patterns: CQRS, event sourcing, and microservices integration Efficient messaging systems: message production, consumption, batching, partitioning, and throughput Kafka clusters: cluster architecture, topics, partitions, replication, and configuration Designing data contracts: event schema design, schema evolution, governance, and use of Schema RegistryAbout the ReadersFor working and aspiring enterprise and solutions architects.About the AuthorKatya Gorshkova is a consulting engineer and architect in the FinTech sector with extensive experience designing applications for real-time data processing.Table of ContentsPart 11 Getting to know Kafka as an architect2 Kafka cluster data architecture3 Kafka clients and message production4 Creating consumer applicationsPart 25 Kafka in real-world use cases6 Defining data contracts7 Kafka interaction patterns8 Designing streaming applicationsPart 39 Managing Kafka within the enterprise10 Organizing a Kafka project11 Operating Kafka12 Whats next for Kafka