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5 Steps to Building Streaming Data Pipelines

Before we dive into how to build a streaming pipeline, you need to understand its core components. A streaming data pipeline has three key elements: data sources and producers, data processing engines, and data sink and consumers.

These components enable a smooth flow from data ingestion to final output. Let's look closer at these parts for an efficient data-handling strategy.