Reactive Programming with Node.js

© Fernando Doglio  2016

Fernando Doglio, Reactive Programming with Node.js , 10.1007/978-1-4842-2152-5_1

1. Reactive 101

Fernando Doglio¹ 

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The concept of reactive programming (RP) is one of those “old new concepts” that tend to fade out of style for a while and then resurface a few years later, when no one is looking. This behavior causes new generations of developers, specially the early-adopter kind, to initially see it as a revolutionary new thing that they need to use.

But the truth in this case is that the actual concept is not exactly ...