Kafka for Developers - Data Contracts Using Schema Registry - Produce and Consume Using AVRO Console Producer and Consum

This lecture covers the use of schema registry and Kafka Avro console producer to publish and consume messages with a defined schema. It explains the steps to create a schema, publish messages, and validate them against the schema. The lecture also addresses handling serialization errors and highlights the advantages of using schema registry for ensuring data consistency.

What happens if a message does not match the defined schema when published?

How does the producer ensure that the messages published conform to the schema?

What will be covered in the following lectures regarding Java applications and Schema Registry?