Kafka Connect Now!

The Kafka ecosystem is an ecosystem that is developed with fast real-time data transformation in mind. One of the essential links to Kafka is getting data from any data source and bringing it into Kafka. This strategy is the best option for bringing Kafka into your development environment without disruption. The other essential part of the Kafka ecosystem is getting data from Kafka into a data source. What is the recipe for getting data from data storage to Kafka and Kafka to data storage? Kafka Connect.

This half-day virtual workshop will discuss how and why we want to use Kafka Connect and include hands-on exercises to reinforce your learning. By the end of the session, you will have a good understanding of how to connect to external database sources and bring in Kafka Connect so that you can get started with data streaming.

About Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel is a programmer, consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.

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