Theory — Learning Path

Progress through these modules in order. Each builds on the previous one.

Module	Title	Key Concepts
01	Kafka Fundamentals	Broker, Topic, Partition, Offset, Log, Retention
02	Spring Kafka Setup	KafkaTemplate, @KafkaListener, KafkaConfig
03	Producers & Consumers	EventProducer, ManualAckConsumer, AckMode
04	Consumer Groups & Offsets	Rebalancing, ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT, offset strategies
05	Error Handling & DLT	DefaultErrorHandler, exponential backoff, DLT
06	Avro & Schema Registry	.avsc, code-gen, KafkaAvroSerializer, compatibility
07	Advanced Patterns	Multi-factory, idempotent producers, event-driven arch
08	NATS.io, Google Pub/Sub & The Streaming Landscape	NATS Core, JetStream, Google Pub/Sub, platform comparison
09	Kafka Streams	KStream, KTable, GlobalKTable, windowing, joins, state stores, interactive queries