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Rx Pattern and Observable

Understand the Rx pattern by exploring how Observables emit data sequences over time and push values to subscribers. Discover the difference between pushing and pulling data in reactive programming and learn how to handle asynchronous streams effectively using RxJS.

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While the Observer and the Iterator patterns are powerful in their own right, the combination of both is even better. We call this the Rx pattern, named after the Reactive Extensions libraries. We’ll use this pattern for the rest of the course.

The Observable sequence, or simply Observable, is central to the Rx pattern. An Observable emits its values in order—like an iterator—but instead of its consumers ...