Kafka Producer and Consumer with Java: Hands-On Tutorial

Repos - Kafka Notes - https://github.com/therealdumbprogrammer/notes/blob/main/kafka/Kafka.md Kafka Exercises - https://github.com/therealdumbprogrammer/notes/blob/main/kafka/kafka-exercises.md Code - https://github.com/therealdumbprogrammer/kafka-producer-consumer-demo Learn how to create Kafka producers and consumers in Java using plain Kafka libraries in this hands-on tutorial. This step-by-step guide walks you through setting up Kafka, writing producer and consumer code, and understanding core configurations like bootstrap.servers, key.serializer, and value.serializer. What You’ll Learn: 1) Setting up Apache Kafka for local development 2) Writing a Kafka producer in Java for sending messages 3) Implementing a Kafka consumer in Java to process messages 4) Key Kafka properties for producers and consumers explained 5) Running and testing your Kafka setup Perfect for developers seeking practical knowledge of Apache Kafka without frameworks like Spring Boot. 00:00 Intro 00:28 Exercise Overview 5:26 Creating Kafka Topic 6:35 Adding Kafka dependencies 8:11 Creating Custom Event 13:08 Developing Producer 22:36 Developing Consumer 29:15 Testing ----------------------------------------------------------------- #ApacheKafka #KRaft #DockerDesktop #KafkaTutorial #DevOps #Docker #KafkaSetup