Observables are “just functions”, but also collections… How do I name them? Naming things is hard. Naming things in programming is even harder, IMO. RxJS and observables bring more confusion for some people when it…Jun 7, 2018A response icon6Jun 7, 2018A response icon6
Debugging TypeScript Mocha Tests With VSCode Visual Studio Code is a powerful IDE, and my editor of choice while working on RxJS. They have some amazing debugging features, but I was…Apr 25, 2018A response icon6Apr 25, 2018A response icon6
“But I Thought You Were Already On The Angular Team?” TL;DR: No. I wasn’t, but now I am. I’ll have more time to support RxJS. RxJS will remain an independent OSS project, and will not cater…Mar 21, 2018A response icon5Mar 21, 2018A response icon5
RxJS Observable interop with Promises and Async-Await Every now and then I’m asked a question about how to use async functions or promises with RxJS, or worse, I’m told some “fact” about how…Aug 23, 2017A response icon9Aug 23, 2017A response icon9
Promise Cancellation Is Dead — Long Live Promise Cancellation! Not very long ago Domenic Denicola (worth a follow, a very smart guy) withdrew his proposal for promise cancellation from the TC39. A lot…Dec 31, 2016A response icon18Dec 31, 2016A response icon18
On The Subject Of Subjects (in RxJS) Subjects in RxJS are often misunderstood. Because they allow you to imperatively push values into an observable stream, people tend to…Dec 10, 2016A response icon12Dec 10, 2016A response icon12
Thoughts On Mentorship In Tech Over the last 4–5 years I’ve had the amazing opportunity to mentor some even more amazing people. I want to share what I’ve learned.Aug 2, 2016A response icon8Aug 2, 2016A response icon8
RxJS: Don’t Unsubscribe Well… okay, just don’t unsubscribe quite so much.Jul 27, 2016A response icon47Jul 27, 2016A response icon47
Observables and Finnish Notation Once in a while I’m asked what I think about naming observables with an $ suffix. For example:Jun 29, 2016A response icon20Jun 29, 2016A response icon20
redux-observable Created by Jay Phelps and myself for use on our projects at Netflix, redux-observable is middleware for redux that is inspired by…May 13, 2016A response icon10May 13, 2016A response icon10