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Apache Kafka and Spring Boot (Consumer, Producer) (Udemy.com)

In this course Apache Kafka and Spring Boot will be used to establish communication between them.

4.5
1,172 reviews

Created by: Arbi Elezi

Last updated May 2019

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Based on the ratings of 1,172 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in May 2019. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a short code-along demo, not a Kafka class. It runs about 52 minutes across two video parts, plus three code articles, and builds a small Spring Boot app that produces to and consumes from a Kafka topic. The description is upfront that Spring and Kafka concepts are not explained, so it is meant for people who already know both. Arbi Elezi leads the walkthrough, and reviewers describe the teaching as practical and code-focused, though one finds the narration very slow.

Most of the 1,172 ratings are positive, with 928 giving four or five stars. Reviewers like that it is simple and gets a working producer and consumer running, and one person running Kafka on Docker said it worked perfectly. The complaints are consistent. Some say it skips partitions, offsets and the reasoning behind the code. Others hit setup trouble, since Windows installation is not shown. One reviewer also caught a wrong JsonSerializer import that IntelliJ suggests and the video never flags.

It was last updated in May 2019, so check library versions against what you use today. As a first integration it does the job, and with 24,393 students it has clearly found an audience. If you need theory, or anything beyond one producer and one consumer, pair it with a proper Kafka course. For a single look at the wiring, it is a fair use of an hour.

Best forSpring developers who already know Kafka basics and want one quick, working producer and consumer demo.
Skip it ifYou want partitions, offsets and other Kafka concepts explained, or help installing Kafka on Windows.

Pros

  • Short enough to finish in one sitting, about 52 minutes of video
  • Ends with a working Spring Boot producer and consumer, which reviewers say they got running
  • Code-first teaching with no theory padding, as the description promises
  • Reviewers say the demo also works with Kafka running on Docker

Cons

  • Skips partitions, offsets and other Kafka basics, so it feels thin to some
  • Windows install and config steps are not shown, so setup can stall
  • Last updated in 2019, and one reviewer found the narration very slow
Very helpful, the demo is great!! I just wanted to learn how to implement Kafka in SpringBoot, and your demo has just taught me about that! Thank you!
Xu (Victor) Han, a student

Labeled intermediate, and fair: it assumes you already know Spring Boot, Maven and Kafka basics.

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What you will learn

  • You will learn how to create a Kafka Consumer using Spring Boot
  • You will learn how to create a Kafka Producer using Spring Boot

Course content

3 sections · 5 lectures · 52 min of video 3 articles

  1. 1Part I 1 free preview1 lecture · 18 min
  2. 2Part II 1 free preview1 lecture · 33 min
  3. 3The Code3 lectures

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Students who have encountered Apache Kafka as a school or independent project.
  • Spring Developers who need to use Apache Kafka for a specific purpose
  • Enthusiasts who want to try new things

What you need before you start

  • You should be familiar with Spring Boot
  • You should be familiar with Apache Kafka

How it compares

Against the other 101 rated Udemy courses in Java Spring Framework on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 50% of them
  • Reviews1,172#58 of 102 by number of reviews
  • Length0.9 hoursshorter than 100% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2019earlier than 96% of them

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Course Description

In this course, you are going to learn how to consume from an Apache Kafka topic and consume from it using a simple Spring Boot Application. This course is not for everyone, as you need basic experience with Maven, Spring Boot and Apache Kafka.

This course focuses solely on practicality, thus concepts of Spring Framework or Apache Kafka will not be explained in detail, but instead a small simple project will be built.
Intermediate Intermediate Level product length iconTime: 54 mins

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Instructor Details

Arbi Elezi

With more than 7+ years of experience in the software industry, I have had the chance to work in many domains of software development specialties from SPA frontend development with Angluar, and React.js, to backend development with .NET, Node.js, Python, as well as CI/CD with Gitlab/Azure DevOps and infrastructure provisioning with Azure and AWS. Other than that, I have had the chance to work with various technology integrations such as Redis, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Firebase Messaging service, and also with niche tech stacks such as VBA for Excel, Eletron.js with WebSockets, and many other tools and technologies.

I used to be a sports programmer, and a former winner of the National Olympiad in Informatics in my country, Albania. Now I teach Olympiad students and private students also in Algorithms and Data Structures and other requested courses.

I have also worked as a freelance programmer developing software on request, as well as a freelance instructor teaching subjects, mostly CS related on request, having over 10 years of experience in programming, since my junior high school days.

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4.5

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By Kanak Kumar Gupta on 3/30/2022

I like the explanation of the mentor as we have sort amount of so he just explained practically the code and if it comes to theory Just I would like to advice you to some videos on theory part as well so we can get all the things in a single place, all in all it's worthy enrolling for this course.

By Xu (Victor) Han on 2/7/2021

Very helpful, the demo is great!! I just wanted to learn how to implement Kafka in SpringBoot, and your demo has just taught me about that! Thank you!

By Chandrashekhar kumar on 1/1/2021

Should have some more topic , like what i have mentioned bellow :- 1. how to manage multiple topics. 2. Transforming the data 3. Kafka sink connectors etc.

By azzmi azzmi on 7/3/2020

although it is a short course , but contain good and practical information and give me good introduction to start with Kafka i hope instructor create full course

By Teoh Kheng Hong on 3/7/2020

Not bad. Although he's teaching at slow pace, but at least he gave me a starting point of using Apache Kafka to building real time applications. Thanks for clearing out my confusions.

By 安安 梁 on 12/14/2019

It is an awesome video for beginner. If he can have a version for Window that will be better, but it is good enough to charge for this video already.

By Shiv Arur on 8/19/2019

This course is good if you wish to get your hands dirty with Kafka. However a basic knowledge of Kafka is important for this course. If you are beginner level learner, and want to quickly see and learn how to work with Kafka in Java, then this course is good.

By Robin on 7/2/2019

Very good intro to integrating Spring Boot and Kafka. Your explanation of the benefits of using your own JSON serialization library was done well.

By Akinjide Agboola on 6/14/2019

The tutor is certainly very knowledgeable, It is a concise course so I wouldn't complain about more comprehensive explanation. The most important thing so far is that I have a good introduction to Kafka, so subsequent studies should be easier.

By Renato Jiquiriçá Ramos on 5/29/2019

For a free course they were very good information to initially know a little more about Kafka. I hope we have more free courses like this. Thanks !!!

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Apache Kafka and Spring Boot (Consumer, Producer)
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  • Video Duration: icon 54 mins
  • Price: $19.99
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon May 2019
  • Level: Intermediate Intermediate
  • Language: icon English
  • Certificate: icon Yes
  • Lectures:5 in 3 sections
  • Students:24,400
  • Subtitles:1 language
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