Kafka for Developers - Data Contracts Using Schema Registry - Overview of the App

This lecture provides an overview of building a coffee order service using Spring Boot. The service will be a RESTful application that allows for the creation and updating of coffee orders. The lecture explains the choice of Spring Boot due to its popularity in building enterprise applications and describes how the producer and consumer applications will interact with a schema registry. The session concludes with a summary of the app's architecture and functionality.

What is the main purpose of the Restful service in the coffee order app?

• To provide a user interface for order tracking

• To handle payment processing

• To publish coffee order creation and update events

• To manage user authentication

What is the primary focus of the app being built in this section?

• A new payment gateway

• A coffee order service

• A user management system

• A social media platform

Why was Spring Boot chosen for the coffee order service?

• It is the only framework that supports REST

• It is a popular JVM framework for enterprise applications

• It is the easiest framework to learn

• It is the most lightweight framework available

What role does the schema registry play in the Spring Boot application?

• It stores user data

• It manages application logs

• It facilitates message production and consumption

• It handles database connections

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the coffee order service?

• Spring Boot application

• User authentication

• Schema registry interaction

• REST interface for order updates