Event Time vs Processing Time — Roadmap Step & Resources
Why the timestamp on an event matters more than when it arrives
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Streaming & Real-Time Data Engineering
Before this step
Study resources
- Confluent Documentation (Article) — Documentation from Confluent, the company founded by Kafka's creators, covering Kafka and the surrounding ecosystem. Background reading/viewing for: Event Time vs Processing Time.
- Confluent Developer (Video) — Confluent's official courses on windowing and event time. Relevant to: Event Time vs Processing Time.
Part of
- Windowing and Event Time — section
- Streaming & Real-Time Data Engineering roadmap — the full learning path