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Event-Driven Architecture: What, Why, How, and Real-Life Implementation with Spring Boot Microservices And Kafka

Sanjay Singh
8 min readNov 21, 2024

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Overview

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is a powerful design pattern where services and components communicate through events, enabling decoupled systems and real-time processing. In this article, we’ll explore what EDA is, why it’s useful, how to implement it, and a real-world use case with a detailed configuration in Spring Boot Microservices.

Event-Driven Architecture: What, Why, How, and Real-Life Implementation with Spring Boot Microservices And Kafka

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1. What is Event-Driven Architecture?

Event-Driven Architecture is a software design pattern that revolves around the production, detection, consumption, and reaction to events.

Key Concepts

  1. Event: A significant occurrence or change in state (e.g., “Order Placed”).
  2. Producer: A component that creates an event (e.g., Payment Service).

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Sanjay Singh
Sanjay Singh

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