Event-Driven Architectures: Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts

Dive into the world of event-driven architectures with this inaugural episode of The Duchess & The Doctor Show. Join Confluent's Anna McDonald and Matthias J. Sax as they explore the fundamentals of eventing, discussing why events are a mindset and the benefits of event immutability. Learn about organizing events around meaningful concepts, handling scenarios where expected events don't arrive, and the intricacies of windowing in event streams. Discover the differences between sliding and hopping windows, and gain insights into closing windows using Flink's .withIdleness or PAPI. Perfect for those interested in Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and event streaming technologies, this informative video provides a comprehensive introduction to key concepts in event-driven architectures.

- Introduction
- What is Eventing?
- Organize Events Around Things That Matter to You
- Comfort of Event Immutability
- Answering a Listener Question: “What actually happens if I wait for an event but it never arrives?”
- On Windowing
- Closing Windows Using Flink .withIdleness or PAPI
- Sliding Windows Considered
- Hopping vs. Sliding Windows
- Farewell