Spring Boot + Apache Kafka Course - The Practical Guide (Udemy.com)
Learn to Use Apache Kafka to Exchange Messages Between Producer and Consumer in Spring Boot Applications & Microservices
Created by: Ramesh Fadatare
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Learn Apache Kafka Core Concepts
- Learn how to integrate Apache Kafka in Spring boot application
- Learn how to create Kafka Topic, Producer and Consumer
- Learn how to exchange string messages between Producer and Consumer using Kafka broker
- Learn how to exchange JSON messages between Producer and Consumer using Kafka broker
- Learn real world use case (wikimedia real-time stream data) implementation using Apache Kafka
- Learn how to create real world project using Spring boot and Apache Kafka
- Learn what is Event-Driven Architecture, how it works and it's advantages
- Learn building Event-Driven Microservices using Spring Boot and Apache Kafka
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 90 / 100
Course Description
Sample of the reviews:
"Awesome. I enjoyed every bit of the lecture. Ramesh is a great tutor and I always purchase his courses."
"A much-needed course today, Kafka is a required topic for Java devs who want to work with microservices. The instructor is excellent, he knows Kafka perfectly."
"This course has really helped me understand Kafka. I like the style of teaching. The hands-on experience has given me much-needed confidence. I would be recommended this course to my friends and colleagues."
"Great opportunity to learn this new concept and thanks a lot for this course, Happy to learn and gain this awesome knowledge."
"great course as ever by Mr.RameshFadatare. Have been great at tutorials in Youtube from years. The same legacy continuing on Udemy. need more content & detailed Kafka course keep updating this @RameshFadatare"
In this course, you will learn how to build Kafka Producer and Consumer to exchange different formats of data - String, JSON, and real-time Wikimedia stream data using Spring boot and Apache Kafka.
If you want to use Apache Kafka in Spring boot event-driven microservices then this course is useful to you.
What is the Spring Boot?
Spring Boot is an extension of the Spring framework that eliminated the boilerplate configurations required for setting up a Spring application.
Spring Boot is an opinionated framework that helps developers build Spring-based applications quickly and easily. The main goal of Spring Boot is to quickly create Spring-based applications without requiring developers to write the same boilerplate configuration again and again.
What is Apache Kafka?
Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications.
What will you learn?
Learn Apache Kafka Core Concepts
Learn how to integrate Apache Kafka in the Spring boot application
Learn how to create Kafka Topic, Producer, and Consumer
Learn how to exchange string messages between Producer and Consumer using Kafka broker
Learn how to exchange JSON messages between Producer and Consumer using Kafka broker
Learn real-world use case (Wikimedia real-time stream data) implementation using Apache Kafka
Learn how to create real-world projects using Spring boot and Apache Kafka
Learn what is Event-Driven Architecture, how it works, and its advantages
Learn building Event-Driven Microservices using Spring Boot and Kafka
Tools and Technologies used in this course:
Technologies:
Java 8+
Spring Boot
Spring MVC
Spring Data JPA ( Hibernate)
Tomcat
Messaging Broker:
Apache Kafka
IDE:
Intellij IDEA
Database:
MySQL database
Tools:
Postman - Test REST APIs
Maven - Build Tool
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,540 Reviews
Ramesh Fadatare
Hi, I'm Ramesh Fadatare, a Software Engineer, Udemy Instructor Partner, Blogger, and YouTuber teaching Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Hibernate, Angular, React, Kafka, Docker, and Full-Stack Java Development.
Along with Java, I also teach AI, Generative AI, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, Claude, AI Tools, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and Agentic AI.
I have 15+ years of software engineering experience and I am a VMware Spring Certified Professional.
I am the founder of Java Guides, one of the top Java learning websites with 1 million+ views per month. I also run two YouTube channels: one focused on Java with 187K+ subscribers and another focused on AI with 13K+ subscribers.
My teaching style is simple, practical, and beginner-friendly. I explain concepts step by step with real-world examples.
Note: All my courses are available only on the Udemy platform, so you can join my courses here.
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Reviews
By Prajjawal Deep Yadav on 10/27/2025
The course was pretty good , but only one thing is lacking, when interacting with the Wikimedia API we need to send headers as well which was not mentioned in the course and it was quite a headache to find the solution , even if the course instructor cannot create a new video on it , a simple short note would have been very helpful , other than that the course is very good and packed for a 4 hours course.
By Abir Chaudhary on 7/15/2025
This course is very helpful for the professionals who are in java backend and want to establish a event-driven architecture for asynchronous communication between microservices. I really liked it the way he has explained with each steps of implementations.
By Arunkumar Kamatchi on 7/9/2025
"The Kafka practical implementation in this course was good, and after completing it, you will be able to build basic Kafka producer and consumer applications. If you're looking for a foundational understanding of Kafka, I would recommend this course. However, if you're seeking in-depth knowledge, this course may not be suitable..
By Daniel Azamar on 6/19/2025
While the course certainly provides a good explanation about kafka, java and spring, it becomes repetitive when you reach out section 5. Also, having a small section to talk in deep about kafka components (i.e. how you create a partition) would be fantastic. My recommendation for the author is to compress the units and try to use the same project for the whole course. That's why I'm giving 3.5 instead of 5.
By Chaitali Patil on 5/29/2025
Definitely! If you're a Java developer or working with Spring Boot and want to get started with Kafka, this course is a great launchpad. It gave me the confidence to start experimenting with Kafka in my own microservices and even sparked some ideas for improving our event-driven architecture at work.
By Satwik K S on 2/6/2025
Hey Ramesh, As an Indian student, I’ve taken all of your courses and completed most of them. Each course has been incredibly helpful, with clear and simple explanations of complex concepts. The content is well-structured and engaging, and the real-world examples made everything easier to understand. I’ve gained a lot of valuable skills, and I highly recommend this courses to anyone looking to learn kafka effectively! Thank you, Satwik
By Ganesh Shinde on 4/16/2023
Good examples to start with expected to have more real world project example. The examples are not as per production grade design. Also kafka basics are covered and not the professional use cases like retention time of messages. Distributed brokers and partitions structure needed to be covered in more detailed.
By Mitesh Mayavanshi on 3/26/2023
Great course for beginners who wants to quickly start building Kafka event driven application. On point explanation of each concepts , provided only necessary information instead of overwhelming learners with lots of details. Thank You Sir for this amazing course. I really enjoyed it.
By MARCUS VINICIUS BERNARDINO RANGEL on 11/29/2022
Curso maravilhoso!!!! - Prático... mão na massa; - Cada capitulo iniciado com com breve introdução com slides e exemplos, para definir e fortalecer os conceitos e objetivos; - Inglês/Indiano tranquilo de entender... na velocidade 1.25 ficou mais agradável ainda; - Ao longo do curso foi desenvolvido do zero 1 projeto de base e conceito e 2 projetos reais (práticos); - Dinâmica do curso muito agradável.... não é lento.... não é enrolação...; Super satisfeito!!! Recomendo a todos!!! Fiquem com Deus!!!
By Ranganath Narayanappa on 9/7/2022
Ramesh has been extremely good at explaining, he has put in effort to explain very well. I am a new to Java, some java programming experience. And I have a desire to become like you in coding...where do I start? do I start working on more basic Java programming or practice the content in this course is a good place to start? Please give me some guidance. Thanks












