Learn about Apache Kafka and its ecosystem in 20 minutes.

What is Apache Kafka?

Learn how Kafka works, get a strong understanding of the different components

Kafka Fundamentals

Understanding Kafka

Starting Kafka

Learn how to use Kafka Command Line Interface (CLI)

Kafka CLI Tutorials

How to interact with Kafka programmatically?

Kafka Programming Tutorials

Practice using Kafka

Kafka Advanced Concepts

Series of advanced tutorials on important Kafka administration subjects

Kafka Administration

Next Level Kafka

Screenshot showing how to create a new project file for your Kafka Gradle Java Porject in IntelliJ

Creating a new project file for your Kafka Gradle project in IntelliJ

Intellij screenshot showing how to add attributes to your Kafka Gradle project in Java.

Adding attributes to your Kafka Gradle Java Project

dependencies {
    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients
    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.0.0'

    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api
    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.32'

    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-simple
    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.32'
    
    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.6.0'
    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine'
}

Screenshot showing how to load the Gradle changes to your Kafka project using the right hand menu.

Importing your Kafka Gradle dependencies

Screenshot showing the New Java Class dialog for your Kafka Gradle project

Creating a new Java Class for your Kafka Gradle project

package io.conduktor.demos.kafka;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class HelloWorld {
    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloWorld.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        log.info("Hello World");
    }
}

Screenshot showing successful setup of your Kafka Gradle project in Java.

Kafka Gradle (build.gradle) Java Project Success

Learn how to create a Java project using Gradle that can interact with Kafka cluster

Creating a Kafka Java Project using Gradle (build.gradle)

Learn how to create a Kafka Gradle Java project using (build.gradle) that can interact with Kafka clusters

Learn how to create a Kafka Gradle Java project (build.gradle) that can interact with a Kafka Cluster.