The Easiest and Most In-Depth Kafka Complete Guide [ By. Non-CS Major & Kakao Developer ]

How to Handle Explosive Traffic Growth? Learn to build resilient and flexibly scalable architectures through practical design patterns based on EDA (Event-Driven Architecture) using Kafka, Spring, CDC, and Temporal. Explained clearly and simply with real-world experience from Kakao developers, making it understandable even for non-majors. A hands-on focused course covering real-time data flow, event processing, and microservice integration all at once!

Learn the process of building data pipelines using Apache Airflow from basics to practical application. Understand Airflow's core concepts and architecture, and master advanced design patterns frequently used in practice such as dynamic DAGs, parallel processing, distributed processing, and Custom Operators through hands-on exercises. Set up a practice environment with Python and Docker, and develop practical skills to design and operate real workflows.

Learn how to design and process large-scale data architecture that handles hundreds of billions of data records using only pure SQL and MySQL's core features, together with a Toss developer who handles hundreds of billions of financial traffic transactions and a developer who started as a non-major and is now developing platforms in Pangyo.

Kotlin mastery via virtual payment server course.

This course covers how to set up multi-module projects from scratch using Kotlin and Spring Boot. It proceeds with a hands-on approach, covering everything from the basic concepts of modularization to Gradle configuration, managing dependencies between modules, and actual application development. If you are a beginner or intermediate developer looking to learn the fundamentals and practical application of multi-modules, please refer to this course.

Learn SAGA transaction management techniques for maintaining data consistency in distributed environments through hands-on practice. Configure three microservices using Spring Boot and Docker, and implement both Orchestration and Choreography patterns with Kafka and MySQL. Through this course, you can master core concepts that are immediately applicable in real-world scenarios, including distributed transaction operation principles, compensating transaction design, and failure recovery handling.

This course covers RPC communication techniques that maximize performance in large-scale MSA (Microservice Architecture) environments. Going beyond simple gRPC practice, you'll learn how to implement stable and efficient inter-service communication in real production environments where hundreds of microservices operate simultaneously. Based on Golang, the course covers Protocol Buffers (proto) syntax writing, automatic code generation and service implementation, gRPC structure and advantages over existing RPC, and performance optimization strategies with a practical focus. To ensure easy understanding for non-majors and server development beginners, the course provides step-by-step explanations from RPC concepts to gRPC's internal operating principles, enabling you to develop practical skills that can be immediately applied to real services.

This course is a master class that systematically covers the fundamental principles and practical applications of MongoDB. Starting with core MongoDB concepts, you will systematically learn essential topics for practical work, such as database design, CRUD operations, indexing, aggregation pipelines, performance optimization, transactions, and security. It explains topics step-by-step so even beginners can understand, and you can deeply learn the working principles of MongoDB through exercises and examples. This is the best introductory and practical course for developers who want to build strong MongoDB skills for practical work.

Using Spring Boot 3.x + Kotlin, we build a 3-instance cluster, and utilizing Redis Pub/Sub distributed messaging and an Nginx load balancer, develop a scalable WebSocket real-time chat server capable of handling large-scale traffic.

Learn the essential process of building Observability in a microservices architecture (MSA) environment from basics to practical implementation. Through step-by-step hands-on practice, you'll master standardized data collection using OpenTelemetry, trace storage and search with Grafana Tempo, and visualization using TraceQL. You can learn the process of tracking service flows through distributed tracing, identifying bottlenecks, and analyzing the root causes of failures.

In this course, rather than covering the theory directly, you will learn how to use Redis effectively in your code through hands-on practice.

This covers effective Redis usage, including precautions and applications, illustrated with examples from real-world practice or renowned historical cases.

This course is a master class that teaches Kotlin's 🌺 Coroutine, covering everything from theoretical foundations to practical application in a standard manner. It systematically covers core principles and structure, the necessity of asynchronous programming, Coroutine builders and scopes, exception handling, channels, Flow, and other key features frequently used in practice, step by step. Each concept is explained with hands-on examples, making it easy for beginners to understand and immediately apply them. This is the best introductory and practical course for developers who want to build strong Coroutine skills for real-world use.

Let's build a project using Ktor, the most popular project in Kotlin, and master Kotlin! 😆

I am covering the know-how on how I studied and got a job, starting as a non-major.

You can learn about JWT and ws communication using Spring Boot, and how to handle high TPS.

You can learn how to send emails using AWS and Spring. Through this, you can study how to create an email verification system.

How to Handle Explosive Traffic Growth? Learn to build resilient and flexibly scalable architectures through practical design patterns based on EDA (Event-Driven Architecture) using Kafka, Spring, CDC, and Temporal. Explained clearly and simply with real-world experience from Kakao developers, making it understandable even for non-majors. A hands-on focused course covering real-time data flow, event processing, and microservice integration all at once!

Using Spring Boot 3.x + Kotlin, we build a 3-instance cluster, and utilizing Redis Pub/Sub distributed messaging and an Nginx load balancer, develop a scalable WebSocket real-time chat server capable of handling large-scale traffic.

In this course, rather than covering the theory directly, you will learn how to use Redis effectively in your code through hands-on practice.

This is a basic Kotlin grammar course. Designed for those wanting to develop Android apps in Kotlin, it offers an enjoyable way to build a solid foundation in Kotlin grammar from scratch.

Kotlin mastery via virtual payment server course.

Starting with java.io, you can learn how to develop high-performance input/output systems based on NIO and NIO.2. Most importantly, the moment you master file I/O, we'll enable you to master high-performance server development as a bonus!

Learn SAGA transaction management techniques for maintaining data consistency in distributed environments through hands-on practice. Configure three microservices using Spring Boot and Docker, and implement both Orchestration and Choreography patterns with Kafka and MySQL. Through this course, you can master core concepts that are immediately applicable in real-world scenarios, including distributed transaction operation principles, compensating transaction design, and failure recovery handling.

This is a course for job seekers / career changers preparing for coding tests in JAVA as backend developers. We analyze 195 actual exam questions to clearly explain the question types.

A Java advanced project course for beginner developers who want to develop practical skills! We'll build a console-based kiosk ordering system together using Spring Core, JdbcClient, and H2 DB.

Experience the power of Type Safe SQL with jOOQ!

# Building an 'Intelligent Collaboration' Expert Agent Team Using Spring AI Router Pattern + RAG + MCP Beyond Single Agents to Architecture: The Definitive Guide to Router Pattern and Agent Isolation Design

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This course will teach you how to use authentication, database, storage, and FCM provided by Google Firebase. In particular, FCM is a core service of Firebase used by most apps for server push.

This is a basic DFS lecture that explains the way a liberal arts major and working developer studied to get a job :) We have prepared a lecture where you can learn by solving problems yourself, with minimal boring theory lectures! After taking this lecture, you will be able to solve silver level DFS problems on your own according to Baekjoon standards.

Spring AI + JPA + MySQL Premium Reservation Agent Backend Development with 'Autonomous Behavior' Beyond Chatbots to Agents: The Definitive Guide to Tool Calling and Prompt Engineering

If you can master DB and programming, you should be more than halfway prepared for the information processing engineer exam. Let's take a look at the DB and programming parts, which are worth 45 to 55 points in the practical exam, and pass the written exam steadily.

I've created a beginner-friendly and practical 'Introduction to Elasticsearch' course!

This course is a video lecture that systematically covers the core modern JavaScript syntax essential for learning React.js and Vue.js frontend development. It is structured to help you develop efficient coding skills through ES6+ syntax, latest features, and practical examples that can be directly applied to work and learning.

Knowing design patterns will make it easier to learn not only Spring but also many other technologies and programming languages. It will also help you develop more flexible and reusable object-oriented software.

Currently, Android can be developed using the Java and Kotlin languages. The same Android application can be developed using either language. This course covers most of the content from basic to advanced Android application development, and all code is written using the Kotlin language starting from the basic content. We also use Material 3, Google's latest UI library. This course mainly covers menus, Android application components, threads, and Fragments among the entire Android curriculum, and future courses are planned to cover more in-depth topics. Soft Campus will always strive to provide the latest lectures. Thank you.