Lace Up: Take Your First Steps with Flink SQL

Start your stream processing journey and discover the power of Flink SQL. Tailored for developers and data engineers, this session unveils how straightforward SQL queries can unlock complex data transformations, real-time analytics, and actionable insights.

We begin by exploring how Flink SQL fits into your data technology stack, enabling real-time stream processing across an organization. We'll discuss specific use cases where Flink SQL outperforms traditional data processing approaches, showcasing its efficiency in handling complex event processing, data enrichment, and real-time analytics.

Continuing with Flink SQL basic building blocks, we dive into practical applications with live demonstrations showing how a shoe store might modernize their business. From simple data transformations to advanced aggregations and stateful computations, you'll learn how to leverage familiar SQL functions—and discover new ones—to process data streams effectively. We'll also cover how to deploy and test Flink SQL statements in Confluent Cloud to fully integrate it with your software development lifecycle.

By the end of the session, you will be familiar with what Flink SQL in Confluent Cloud has to offer and will have the knowledge to get started with SQL-driven stream processing on your own!