Before we start to use reactive programming, we need to install the tools we will be using throughout this book.
Installation of tools
Node.js
We will be using node version 6.9.1, the most recent LTS version of nodes at the time of writing. You can find versions of it for Windows, Mac, and Linux at the following link:
https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/.
bacon.js
In this first chapter of this book we will be using bacon.js , which is a library for functional reactive programming in JavaScript. This library works in both server and client. We will use it to introduce you to some concepts of functional reactive programming as it is easier to get started. We will be using version 0.7.88.
To install it on your server, just run the following command inside a node project:
npm i [email protected] -save
To add it to an HTML page, just paste the following code snippet inside it:
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bacon.js/0.7.88/Bacon.min.js">
</script>
RxJS
The last tool we need to follow in this book is RxJS; we will use this library in later chapters. This library also runs in both client and server and we will be using version 4.1.0.
To install it on your server, just run the following command inside a node project:
npm i [email protected] -save
To add it to an HTML page, just paste the following code snippet inside it:
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/rxjs/4.1.0/rx.all.js">
</script>