Data Infrastructure with Apache Kafka

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. In the Data Infrastructure with Apache Kafka journey, you will explore Apache Kafka, Integrate Kafka with Python and using consumer groups, Integrate Apache Kafka with Spark, and use Kafka with Cassandra and Confluent. You will explore the Kafka architecture for event streaming, setting up topics,  creating brokers, and handling messages. You will also learn how to produce and consume messages using Kafka, tweaking Kafka broker configurations. This journey also focuses on Kafka performance optimization, and structured streaming with Apache Spark, which includes building Spark applications to process data streamed to Kafka topics using Data Frames and integrating Kafka with Spark and Cassandra for NoSQL data.