# Resources **URL:** https://forum.confluent.io/c/community/resources/33.md [Latest](https://forum.confluent.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.confluent.io/categories.md) --- ## [About the Resources category](https://forum.confluent.io/t/about-the-resources-category/465)
**Author:** [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\ **Replies:** 0
Resources to help you learn about the streaming world. Podcasts, Videos, Meetups, Blogs, Events and more, to keep you up to date with what is going on in the streaming world so you can get involved! --- ## [The Data Streaming Revolution: Rise of the Kafka Heroes](https://forum.confluent.io/t/the-data-streaming-revolution-rise-of-the-kafka-heroes/8700)
**Author:** [@mbii](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mbii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 September 2023 23:23 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/the-data-streaming-revolution-rise-of-the-kafka-heroes/8700 "2023-09-14T23:23:45Z")
Looking to move away from the constraints of ETL pipelines, and batch processing? Ready to build a real-time stream processing architecture that meets your business needs? Explore the story in our comic book, where … --- ## [Kafka for .NET Developers \[Resources\]](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-for-net-developers-resources/7665)
**Author:** [@mbii](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mbii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 April 2023 18:33 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-for-net-developers-resources/7665 "2023-04-20T18:33:42Z")
.NET Developers! Or if you are interested in processing real-time data streaming using Apache Kafka and .NET—you might enjoy the Apache Kafka for .NET Developers course. :point\_right: Get an introduction to the core con… --- ## [Tips to Secure Your Production-Grade Apache Kafka Clusters \[Free Checklist\]](https://forum.confluent.io/t/tips-to-secure-your-production-grade-apache-kafka-clusters-free-checklist/5900)
**Author:** [@mbii](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mbii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2022 18:24 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/tips-to-secure-your-production-grade-apache-kafka-clusters-free-checklist/5900 "2022-08-26T18:24:14Z")
Security is essential for both client and network Apache Kafka® administrators. If you are looking for tips and resources to secure your production-grade Kafka clusters, you might want to check out these free resources—c… --- ## [What is a data mesh and how to get started? \[Explained with Free Resources\]](https://forum.confluent.io/t/what-is-a-data-mesh-and-how-to-get-started-explained-with-free-resources/4422)
**Author:** [@mbii](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mbii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 March 2022 18:18 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/what-is-a-data-mesh-and-how-to-get-started-explained-with-free-resources/4422 "2022-03-10T18:18:28Z")
Data mesh is about moving analytical data away from a monolithic data warehouse or data lake into a distributed architecture, allowing data to be shared for analytical purposes right at the point of origin. This concept … --- ## [Data pipeline resources](https://forum.confluent.io/t/data-pipeline-resources/3946)
**Author:** [@vnadkarni](https://forum.confluent.io/u/vnadkarni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 January 2022 20:45 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/data-pipeline-resources/3946 "2022-01-20T20:45:54Z")
Confluent has launched new resources for the Data Pipeline course on Confluent Developer today. Read about data pipeline concepts on the blog as well as listen to Danica’s lessons learned from building a data pipeline th… --- ## [The Cloud-Native Chasm: Lessons Learned from Reinventing Apache Kafka® as a Cloud-Native, Online Service](https://forum.confluent.io/t/the-cloud-native-chasm-lessons-learned-from-reinventing-apache-kafka-as-a-cloud-native-online-service/3624)
**Author:** [@victoria](https://forum.confluent.io/u/victoria)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 December 2021 17:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/the-cloud-native-chasm-lessons-learned-from-reinventing-apache-kafka-as-a-cloud-native-online-service/3624 "2021-12-10T17:50:46Z")
DOWNLOAD THE TECHNICAL PAPER Abstract Today, we face an inflection point where infrastructure software—databases, messaging, orchestration, etc.—is more likely to be consumed as a managed service than as a binary softw… --- ## [Spring for Apache Kafka® – learn an easy microservices framework](https://forum.confluent.io/t/spring-for-apache-kafka-learn-an-easy-microservices-framework/3139)
**Author:** [@mbii](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mbii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 October 2021 21:24 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/spring-for-apache-kafka-learn-an-easy-microservices-framework/3139 "2021-10-19T21:24:00Z")
Spring Boot is an opinionated framework that saves development time! If you are looking to build an easy Kafka-based microservices architecture with Spring Boot and Kafka Streams, you may want to check out these free res… --- ## [What Exactly is Data Mesh? Zhamak Dehghani Explains It!](https://forum.confluent.io/t/what-exactly-is-data-mesh-zhamak-dehghani-explains-it/2766)
**Author:** [@mbii](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mbii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 September 2021 16:03 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/what-exactly-is-data-mesh-zhamak-dehghani-explains-it/2766 "2021-09-15T16:03:24Z")
:clapper: What Is Data Mesh, and How Does it Work? ft. Zhamak Dehghani - YouTube --- ## [Getting your question answered](https://forum.confluent.io/t/getting-your-question-answered/2343)
**Author:** [@daveklein](https://forum.confluent.io/u/daveklein)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 July 2021 08:44 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/getting-your-question-answered/2343 "2021-07-26T08:44:24Z")
Forums like this one, and the Confluent Community Slack, are great places to get help from others in our field. But you’re not the only one who is looking for some help. There are often more questions than there are peop… --- ## [New Recordings Now Available on the Meetup Hub!](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-recordings-now-available-on-the-meetup-hub/1349)
**Author:** [@ShayMeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/ShayMeyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 March 2021 21:15 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-recordings-now-available-on-the-meetup-hub/1349 "2021-03-30T21:15:10Z")
Hello Streamers! Here is your Meetup Hub update: New recordings (and slides) available this week: Ask the Experts: How to get Prepped to Pass a Confluent Certification exam with Niamh O’Byrne and Barry Ballard An Intr…