# Kafka Connect Fundamentals \[Explained with Free Resources\]

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**Category:** Kafka Connect\
**Created:** [10 August 2022 15:55 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-fundamentals-explained-with-free-resources/5744 "2022-08-10T15:55:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 August 2022 15:55 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-fundamentals-explained-with-free-resources/5744/1 "2022-08-10T15:55:23Z")

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You might find these resources helpful, whether you’d like to learn the basics of Kafka Connect, or advanced subjects, such as single message transform (SMTs), running Connect in Docker, DLQ, and more:

- [Kafka Connect 101](https://developer.confluent.io/learn-kafka/kafka-connect/intro/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.kafka-connect-101_content.connecting-to-apache-kafka) [Free course]

- [Kafka Connect Fundamentals: What is Kafka Connect?](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-tutorial/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.kafka-connect-101_content.connecting-to-apache-kafka) [Blog]

- [Intro to Kafka Connect: Core Components and Architecture ft. Robin Moffatt](https://developer.confluent.io/podcast/intro-to-kafka-connect-core-components-and-architecture-ft-robin-moffatt?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.kafka-connect-101_content.connecting-to-apache-kafka) [Podcast]

- [What Could Go Wrong with a Kafka JDBC Connector?](https://developer.confluent.io/podcast/what-could-go-wrong-with-a-kafka-jdbc-connector/?utm_source=community-forum+&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.kafka-connect-101_content.connecting-to-apache-kafka) [Podcast]

- [Kafka Connet Deep Dive — Error Handling and Dead Letter Queues](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-deep-dive-error-handling-dead-letter-queues/) [Blog]

- [Handling Message Errors and Dead Letter Queues](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-deep-dive-error-handling-dead-letter-queues/?utm_source=community-forum+&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.kafka-connect-101_content.connecting-to-apache-kafka) [Podcast]

- [Kafka Connect Deep Dive – Converters and Serialization Explained](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-deep-dive-converters-serialization-explained/?utm_source=community-forum+&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.kafka-connect-101_content.connecting-to-apache-kafka) [Blog]

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**Post date:** [9 September 2022 15:55 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-fundamentals-explained-with-free-resources/5744/2 "2022-09-09T15:55:32Z")

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