#17: Enterprise integration patterns with Camel, Broker, and Kafka

Apache Camel is an open source Java framework that helps developers make integrations faster and easier. Our two guests, Christina Lina, a Java developer and software architect, and Hugo Guerrera, a software developer and open source advocate, speak about how Camel can help you implement inter-system Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP).

Apache Camel helps developers with integration

If you listen in the podcast, I define Apache Camel as integration between database web servers, Apache Kafka, and other message brokers. The communication Apache Camel does is crucial, because as Christina Lin points out, developers spend a lot of time connecting and integrating. Apache Camel holds many benefits for developers hoping to simplify and cut down on the duplication of effort in this process

• Reduce manual labor with automated processes— Christina Lin talks about how integration often involves a great deal of duplication, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Apache Camel helps you save time, so you don’t have to write custom code. “When you’re doing integrations, Camel also helps by transforming your data automatically. You can specify how you want it to be transformed.”
• Save time with pre-created libraries — Christina says, “When we write a Java application, we need to set up and configure the Java libraries, and then write the integration code in between. Every time you write it you have to rewrite everything. So Camel keeps you from reinventing the wheel. Apache Camel provides Java developers with this library that’s pre-created for you.” 
• Get technological freedom of choice — By having a variety of frameworks and languages available, like Bloco, YAML, Java, and Groovy, to name a few, Apache Camel lets you use the tools you are most comfortable and proficient in. 
• Connect easily with components — Camel’s components allow developers to communicate externally by integrating with 200+ systems and protocols. As Hugo says, “One of the main things that Camel has is all these components that allow you to talk to almost anything.”

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