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

Kafka Maven Java Project screenshot from IntelliJ IDEA when beginning a new Java Maven Project for interacting with a Kafka Cluster.

Creating a new Kafka Maven Java Project file in IntelliJ IDEA

Screenshot showing the attributes for your Kafka Demo Java project in Maven ((pom.xl) via IntelliJ IDEA.

Adding Your Kafka Maven Project attributes

<project>
    ...

    <dependencies>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

</project>

Screenshot showing the Maven Projects window on the right for our Kafka Maven project.

Kafka Maven Project Window

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.32</version>
        </dependency>

        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.32</version>
        </dependency>

Screenshot showing how to create a new java class for our Kafka Maven project.

Creationg a New Java Class for our Kafka Maven Client 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");
    }
}

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

Creating a Kafka Java Project using Maven (pom.xml)

Learn how to create a Kafka Java project with Maven (pom.xl) that can interact with Kafka cluster in this free lesson from Conduktor

Kafka Maven Java Tutorial fort creating a Kafka Java project with Maven (pom.xl) that can interact with a Kafka Cluster