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Upcoming events (1)
See all- Hands-On with Confluent Cloud: Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink®, and TableflowImproving, Minneapolis, MN
Join us for a hands-on workshop by Viktor Gamov on Thursday, Sept 11th from 5:00pm hosted at Improving!
If you RSVP here, you don't need to also RSVP @ Twin Cities Apache Kafka® Meetup
📍Venue:
Improving
1515 Central Ave NE, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413🗓 Agenda:
- 5:00pm: Doors open
- 5:00pm – 5:30pm: Welcome & Food/Drinks, Networking
- 5:30pm - 7:30pm: Workshop with Viktor Gamov
- 7:30pm - 8:30pm: Additional Q&A and Networking
📌 IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE & REVIEW THE FOLLOWING WHEN APPLICABLE (pre and post workshop items). Thank you!
💡 Speaker & Workshop Details:
Viktor Gamov, Principal Developer Advocate, ConfluentHands-On with Confluent Cloud: Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink®, and Tableflow
Background and Context
Confluent Cloud is a fully managed platform for Apache Kafka, designed to simplify real-time data streaming and processing. It integrates Kafka for data ingestion, Flink for stream processing, and Tableflow for converting streaming data into analytics-ready Apache Iceberg tables. DuckDB, a lightweight analytical database, supports querying these Iceberg tables, making it an ideal tool for the workshop’s analytics component. The workshop is designed for developers with basic programming knowledge, potentially new to Kafka, Flink, or Tableflow, and aims to provide hands-on experience within a condensed time frame.Workshop Overview
This 2-hour hands-on workshop introduces developers to building real-time data pipelines using Confluent Cloud. You’ll learn to stream data with Apache Kafka, process it in real-time with Apache Flink, and convert it into Apache Iceberg tables using Tableflow. The workshop assumes basic familiarity with programming and provides step-by-step guidance.What You'll Learn
- Set up a Kafka cluster and manage topics in Confluent Cloud.
- Write and run a Flink job to process streaming data.
- Use Tableflow to materialize Kafka topics as Iceberg tables and query them with DuckDB.
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We don't cater to anyone under the age of 21.
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