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Kafka for Data Engineers: Real-Time Data Streaming with Apache Kafka, Python & Modern Data Pipelines - Softcover
Book 15 of 15: Data Engineering
Synopsis
Master Apache Kafka the way working data engineers use it — with Python, real projects, and the judgement to match.
Every modern data platform runs on event streams, and Kafka sits at the centre of nearly all of them. Yet most engineers meet Kafka through a copied tutorial and a producer that quietly loses messages. This book closes the gap between running a hello-world example and operating a reliable pipeline in production.
A complete path, from first broker to full pipelines:
- Part 1 — Kafka Fundamentals: architecture, KRaft mode, installation with Docker Compose, topics, partitions, offsets, and your first Python producers and consumers
- Part 2 — Working with Kafka: CLI tools, Avro and Schema Registry, consumer groups in depth, replication and fault tolerance, exactly-once semantics, and performance tuning
- Part 3 — Kafka for Data Engineers: streaming ETL, Kafka Connect, production-grade Python application structure, data quality and dead letter queues, real-time analytics, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and security
- Part 4 — Real Projects: four complete, runnable systems — an order processing pipeline, clickstream analytics with windowing, an IoT sensor pipeline, and a Debezium CDC pipeline
Built for interviews as well as production. The final chapter delivers over 100 interview questions with model answers across architecture, reliability, ecosystem, security, scenario design, and behavioural rounds — plus three timed mock interviews and a career roadmap.
Inside every chapter:
- Runnable Python code using the confluent-kafka client
- Architecture diagrams, comparison tables, and worked sizing examples
- Best practices, common mistakes, and troubleshooting guidance drawn from production experience
- Interview tips, practice exercises, and a five-question quiz with answers
Who this book is for: beginner and junior data engineers, ETL developers, analysts moving into data engineering, software engineers adopting event-driven systems, students, and anyone preparing for data engineering interviews where Kafka appears in the job description — which today means nearly all of them.
No prior Kafka experience is required. If you can write basic Python and run a Docker command, this book will take you the rest of the way — from your first topic to a monitored, secured, production-shaped pipeline you built yourself.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Master Apache Kafka the way working data engineers use it - with Python, real projects, and the judgement to match.Every modern data platform runs on event streams, and Kafka sits at the centre of nearly all of them. Yet most engineers meet Kafka through a copied tutorial and a producer that quietly loses messages. This book closes the gap between running a hello-world example and operating a reliable pipeline in production.A complete path, from first broker to full pipelines: Part 1 - Kafka Fundamentals: architecture, KRaft mode, installation with Docker Compose, topics, partitions, offsets, and your first Python producers and consumersPart 2 - Working with Kafka: CLI tools, Avro and Schema Registry, consumer groups in depth, replication and fault tolerance, exactly-once semantics, and performance tuningPart 3 - Kafka for Data Engineers: streaming ETL, Kafka Connect, production-grade Python application structure, data quality and dead letter queues, real-time analytics, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and securityPart 4 - Real Projects: four complete, runnable systems - an order processing pipeline, clickstream analytics with windowing, an IoT sensor pipeline, and a Debezium CDC pipelineBuilt for interviews as well as production. The final chapter delivers over 100 interview questions with model answers across architecture, reliability, ecosystem, security, scenario design, and behavioural rounds - plus three timed mock interviews and a career roadmap.Inside every chapter: Runnable Python code using the confluent-kafka clientArchitecture diagrams, comparison tables, and worked sizing examplesBest practices, common mistakes, and troubleshooting guidance drawn from production experienceInterview tips, practice exercises, and a five-question quiz with answersWho this book is for: beginner and junior data engineers, ETL developers, analysts moving into data engineering, software engineers adopting event-driven systems, students, and anyone preparing for data engineering interviews where Kafka appears in the job description - which today means nearly all of them.No prior Kafka experience is required. If you can write basic Python and run a Docker command, this book will take you the rest of the way - from your first topic to a monitored, secured, production-shaped pipeline you built yourself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798186427698
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