Written to be tool-agnostic, Grokking Streaming Systems helps you unravel what streaming systems are, how they work, and whether they're right for your business. Every action by a user or a system process generates valuable data for your application or organization. Streaming systems capture and process these events, turning disconnected bits into coherent, useful information sources. Grokking Streaming Systems is a simple guide to the complex concepts you need to start building your own streaming systems. Written to be tool-agnostic, Grokking Streaming Systems helps you unravel what streaming systems are, how they work, and whether they're right for your business. You'll start with the key concepts and then work your way through increasingly complex examples. You'll even be able to easily experiment with your own streaming system. By the time you're done, you'll be able to easily assess the capabilities of streaming frameworks, and solve common challenges that arise when building streaming systems. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.