Messaging Platforms
Messaging platforms are software systems that enable asynchronous communication between distributed applications or services by sending, storing, and delivering messages. They act as intermediaries to decouple producers and consumers, ensuring reliable data exchange even under high loads or failures. Common examples include Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Amazon SQS, which support various messaging patterns like publish-subscribe, point-to-point, and request-reply.
Developers should learn messaging platforms when building scalable, resilient microservices architectures or event-driven systems, as they facilitate loose coupling and fault tolerance. They are essential for real-time data processing, log aggregation, and integrating disparate systems in distributed environments, such as e-commerce order processing or IoT sensor data streams.