LJC Virtual Meetup: Building your First Connector for Kafka Connect

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Apache Kafka is rapidly becoming the de-facto standard for distributed streaming architectures, and as its adoption grows the need to leverage existing data also grows. When developers need to handle certain technologies that happen to not have a connector available; they have no other choice other than write their own. But that can be quite challenging, even for experienced developers.

This talk will explain in details what it takes to develop a connector, how the Kafka Connect framework works, and what are the common pitfalls that you should avoid. The code of an existing connector will be used to explain how the implementation should look like so you can develop more confidence when building your own.

About the speaker

Ricardo Ferreira is a Developer Advocate at Confluent, the company founded by the original co-creators of Apache Kafka. He has over 20 years of experience working with software engineering and specializes in service-oriented architecture, big data, cloud, and serverless architecture. Prior to Confluent, he worked for other vendors, such as Oracle, Red Hat, and IONA Technologies, as well as several consulting firms.

When not working, he enjoys grilling steaks in his backyard with his family and friends, where he gets the chance to talk about anything that is not IT related. Currently, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife and son.

Follow Ricardo on Twitter: @riferrei

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