# What is event streaming \[Resources\]

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**Created:** [19 October 2022 17:57 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/what-is-event-streaming-resources/6309 "2022-10-19T17:57:58Z")\
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Wondering what is an event and how people get started using events? Events and event streams are essential for designing an optimal event-driven architecture. If you are interested in learning more about event streaming, you might like some of these resources, covering best practices:

📽 [Designing Events and Event Streams](https://developer.confluent.io/learn-kafka/event-design/intro/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial+&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-designing-events-and-event-streams_content.microservices) by Adam Bellemare [Free course]

📝 [Designing Events and Event Streams Best Practices](https://www.confluent.io/blog/designing-events-and-event-streams-dimensions-and-best-practices/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial+&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-designing-events-and-event-streams_content.microservices) [Blog]

🎥 [Event Streaming in 3 minutes](https://youtu.be/7Bh10yAycws) [Video]

📖 [What is Event?](https://developer.confluent.io/patterns/event/event/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial+&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-designing-events-and-event-streams_content.microservices) [Article]

📚 [Designing Event-Driven Systems](https://www.confluent.io/designing-event-driven-systems/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial+&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-designing-events-and-event-streams_content.microservices) [E-Book]

📑 [The Data Dichotomy: Rethinking the Way We Treat Data and Services](https://www.confluent.io/blog/data-dichotomy-rethinking-the-way-we-treat-data-and-services/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial+&utm_campaign=tm.devx_ch.cd-designing-events-and-event-streams_content.microservices) by Ben Stopford [Blog]

📗 [Practical Data Mesh: Building Decentralized Data Architectures with Event Streams](https://www.confluent.io/resources/ebook/data-mesh-architectures-with-event-streams/?utm_source=community-forum&utm_medium=organicsocial+&utm_campaign=tm.campaigns_cd.data-mesh-ebook) [E-book]