Apache Kafka Crash Course for Beginners
Ready to dive into Apache Kafka? This crash course kicks off with the big picture—why Kafka exists, how it outperforms other message brokers on scalability, and what its core concepts are—all before jumping into a hands-on Python + Docker demo. You’ll spin up Kafka via Docker Compose, build a producer and consumer, play with the CLI, and test a full end-to-end message flow (complete with handy timestamps).
All code lives in the GitLab repo, and you’ll find links to the official Confluent docs plus recommended prep videos for Python, Docker, and Docker Compose. If you’re hungry to build real-world, production-ready systems, this is the only Kafka tutorial you need.
Watch on YouTube
Top comments (0)