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The 'rx' npm package is a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences. It provides powerful utilities for creating, transforming, and querying data streams.
Creating Observables
This code demonstrates how to create an Observable that emits a single value, 'Hello', and then completes.
const { Observable } = require('rx');
const observable = Observable.create(observer => {
observer.onNext('Hello');
observer.onCompleted();
});
observable.subscribe(value => console.log(value));
Transforming Data
This code shows how to transform data in an Observable sequence using the 'map' operator, multiplying each number by 10.
const { Observable } = require('rx');
const source = Observable.from([1, 2, 3]);
const multiplied = source.map(value => value * 10);
multiplied.subscribe(value => console.log(value));
Combining Observables
This code snippet illustrates how to combine two Observables into one using 'combineLatest', which emits values from both Observables as an array.
const { Observable } = require('rx');
const obs1 = Observable.of('Hello');
const obs2 = Observable.of('World');
const combined = Observable.combineLatest(obs1, obs2, (v1, v2) => v1 + ' ' + v2);
combined.subscribe(value => console.log(value));
Error Handling
This example demonstrates how to handle errors in an Observable sequence using the 'throw' operator and the error handling function in 'subscribe'.
const { Observable } = require('rx');
const source = Observable.throw(new Error('Oops!'));
source.subscribe(
value => console.log(value),
error => console.error(error.message)
);
Filtering Data
This code sample shows how to filter data in an Observable sequence using the 'filter' operator, emitting only even numbers.
const { Observable } = require('rx');
const source = Observable.from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
const filtered = source.filter(value => value % 2 === 0);
filtered.subscribe(value => console.log(value));
RxJS is a reactive programming library for JavaScript. It offers a more modern API and is more actively maintained compared to 'rx'. It is the standard choice for use with frameworks like Angular.
Most.js is another reactive programming library that focuses on high performance and low memory usage. It claims to be one of the fastest reactive streaming libraries.
Bacon.js provides functional reactive programming and streams. It has a different API design and is known for its ease of use and integration with other libraries and frameworks.
Kefir.js is a Reactive Programming library with focus on high performance and low memory usage. It is similar to Bacon.js but with a smaller API surface and less overhead.
Run npm install rx
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Library for composing asynchronous and event-based operations in JavaScript
The npm package rx receives a total of 1,211,036 weekly downloads. As such, rx popularity was classified as popular.
We found that rx demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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