Learning Reactive programming concepts
When we use the term Reactive in computer programming, we usually refer to the following three concepts:
- Reactive programming: This is a computing paradigm that says that information flow is propagated asynchronously. For example, if one service object queries another service for some data, the response does not happen at the same time. What this means is that the response might be accepted but gets evaluated at a later time. Once the response is ready, then there are several predefined ways (such as callbacks or Futures) to propagate it to consumers.
- Reactive systems: A Reactive system is a set of concepts and design principles for building scalable and distributed applications that maintain an asynchronous way of communication. These stem from the Reactive manifesto, which is a document that defines the core principles of Reactive programming.
- Functional reactive programming (FRP): This is a combination of Reactive programming...