Grokking Streaming Systems helps you unravel what streaming systems are, how they work, and whether they’re right for your business. Written to be tool-agnostic, you’ll be able to apply what you learn no matter which framework you choose. You’ll start with the key concepts and then work your way through increasingly complex examples, including tracking a real-time count of IoT sensor events and detecting fraudulent credit card transactions in real-time. You’ll even be able to easily experiment with your own streaming system, by downloading the custom-built and super-simplified streaming framework designed for this book. 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. what's inside Implement and troubleshoot streaming systems Design streaming systems for complex functionalities Assess parallelization requirements Spot networking bottlenecks and resolve back pressures Group data for high-performance systems Handle delayed events in real-time systems

This book examines the extraordinary events that led to China's transformation from a close agrarian socialist economy to becoming an invincible manufacturing powerhouse of the global economy.