MobX Quick Start Guide

Preface

Reactive programming has captured the imagination of programmers for decades. Once the gang of four standardized the observer design pattern, the term has become part of the standard vocabulary of every programmer:

Observer : Define a one-to-many dependency between objects so that when one object changes state, all its dependents are notified and updated automatically.

– Design Patterns, Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, 1995

Nonetheless, there is a wide variety of technologies, libraries, and frameworks implementing the observer pattern. Yet, MobX is unique in the way it applies this pattern to state-management. It has a very friendly syntax, a small core API that makes it easy to learn as a beginner, and ...