Reactive Extensions
RX (also known as ReactiveX), or Reactive Extensions is an API or library from Microsoft for asynchronous and event-based stream programming.
Initially, Erik Meijer from Microsoft implemented this RX library for C# to resolve the Observer pattern issues. Later, the Netflix team developed a new library by implementing that RX concept for RxJava. As of today, Netflix is using RxJava for its backend system development.
Reactive Extensions takes the best things or positive points from the Observer pattern and Iterator pattern and supports the FP (Functional Programming) paradigm:
ReactiveX = Observer Pattern + Iterator Pattern + FP
Initially, Microsoft Corporation implemented this RX library for .NET as Rx.NET. Later, Netflix ...
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