# Introduction to Event Modeling \[Getting Started Guide\]

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**Created:** [12 July 2023 16:58 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/introduction-to-event-modeling-getting-started-guide/8303 "2023-07-12T16:58:40Z")\
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Event-driven architecture comes with numerous major benefits, including improved real-time responses, efficiency, scalability, and agility.

If you are interested in building a real-time event-driven system or want to learn more about how to produce an Event Model, you may find these resources helpful to get started—[Practical Event Modeling](https://developer.confluent.io/courses/event-modeling/intro/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices).

You will learn what event modeling is, its benefits, and how you can begin building real-time event-driven systems, as well as walks you through how to:

- [Define an event model](https://developer.confluent.io/courses/event-modeling/domain-functions/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)
- [Run an event model workshop](https://developer.confluent.io/courses/event-modeling/workshop/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)
- [Envisioning the user experience](https://developer.confluent.io/courses/event-modeling/user-experience/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)
- [Implement your event model](https://developer.confluent.io/courses/event-modeling/data-streaming-platform/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)
- [Apply what you learned through hands-on exercises](https://developer.confluent.io/courses/event-modeling/storyboard/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)
- And more!

You might also like these resources:

- [Designing Events and Event Streams course](https://developer.confluent.io/learn-kafka/event-design/intro/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)
- [Event Sourcing and Event Storage course](https://developer.confluent.io/learn-kafka/event-sourcing/event-driven-vs-state-based/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-practical-event-modeling_content.microservices)