Diving into the Reactive Paradigm

Reactive patterns are reusable solutions to a commonly occurring problem using reactive programming. Behind all these patterns is a new way of thinking, a new architecture, new coding styles, and new tools. That’s what this entire book is based on – useful reactive patterns in Angular applications.

Now, I know you are impatient to write your first reactive pattern in Angular, but before doing so, and in order to help you take full advantage of all the RxJS patterns and leverage the reactive paradigm, we will start by explaining in detail all the fundamentals and preparing the groundwork for the following chapters.

Let’s start with a basic understanding of the reactive paradigm, its advantages, and the problems it solves. Best of all, let’s put a reactive mindset on and start thinking reactively. We will begin by highlighting the pillars and the advantages of the reactive paradigm. Then, we will explain the marble diagram...