Kafka Crash Course – Hands-On Project
Dive into Apache Kafka with this one-stop tutorial that not only explains why Kafka exists and how it scales better than other message brokers, but also walks you through a real-world demo: spinning up Kafka with Docker Compose, setting up a Python project in PyCharm, writing your own producer and consumer, and testing the full flow end-to-end. Perfect for anyone who’s done the basics of Python and Docker and wants to see Kafka in action.
You’ll get timestamps for every step (from conceptual overview through graceful shutdown), links to the GitLab repo, Confluent’s docs, and JetBrains’ free PyCharm trial. By the end, you’ll understand Kafka’s core concepts and have a working Python-Docker Kafka app under your belt.
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