Tools / Databases, search and streaming
Kafka and message queues
Decoupling services with queues and logs. Delivery guarantees, ordering and consumer groups.
About 10 hours of study. It builds on Computer networks.
Where to learn it
Apache Software Foundation
Introduction, then Design
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Your route to Kafka and message queues
Pick where you’re starting from. Anything your background already covers is left out, and the rest is put in order.
3 stops to go, about 85 hours of study.
Open a stop to see the book, the video course and the practice for it. Tick its circle when you've finished.
- 40 h
Programming. Ready to start.
- 35 h
Systems. After Programming in Python.
- Tool10 h
Systems. After Computer networks.
That's the whole route to Kafka and message queues.
Which roles ask for it
- Backend engineer in the first year
- Data engineer in the first year
- Quant developer in the first year
- Application support engineer in the first year
What it needs and what it leads to: Kafka and message queues on the map.