Thanks for the explanations guys. It would be cool to see a section in the
documentation that explicitly compares and contrasts Kafka Connect versus
working directly with the producer and consumer APIs. That's just my
perspective as a newb - perhaps it's clear to others. Thanks again!
On Thu, Apr
Another way to think about this is that the producer allows you to PUSH
data into Kafka and the consumer allows you to PULL data out. This is what
you need to write an application.
However for an existing data system you need the opposite you need to PULL
data into Kafka from the system or PUSH it
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Uber Slacker wrote:
> Hi folks. I'm pretty new to Kafka. I have spent a fair amount of time so
> far understanding the Kafka system in general and how producers and
> consumers work. I'm now trying to get a grasp on how Kafka Connect
> compares/contrasts to Produce
Hi folks. I'm pretty new to Kafka. I have spent a fair amount of time so
far understanding the Kafka system in general and how producers and
consumers work. I'm now trying to get a grasp on how Kafka Connect
compares/contrasts to Producers/Consumers written via the Java API.
When might someone wan
