Preparation
Install Python
Note: This project uses Python 3.12.2 and pip 24.0 for Python 3.12.
Pick an editor
Pick your favorite editor or use Visual Studio Code.
Learn Python basics
If you're not familiar with Python, you may try this tutorial: "Quick Introduction to Python."
What is an Event-Driven Architecture
See https://aws.amazon.com/event-driven-architecture/.
Figure. How it works: example architecture from https://aws.amazon.com/event-driven-architecture/
Apache Kafka
Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications.
FastAPI web framework
FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.8+ based on standard Python type hints.
Miminal example:
from typing import Union
from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()
@app.get("/")
def read_root():
return {"Hello": "World"}
@app.get("/items/{item_id}")
def read_item(item_id: int, q: Union[str, None] = None):
return {"item_id": item_id, "q": q}