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Learning RxJava

You're reading from Learning RxJava Reactive, Concurrent, and responsive applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787120426

Length 400 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

RxJava

Concepts

Reactive Programming

Author (1):

Thomas Nield

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgements

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Thinking Reactively

2. Observables and Subscribers FREE CHAPTER

3. Basic Operators

4. Combining Observables

5. Multicasting, Replaying, and Caching

6. Concurrency and Parallelization

7. Switching, Throttling, Windowing, and Buffering

8. Flowables and Backpressure

9. Transformers and Custom Operators

10. Testing and Debugging

11. RxJava on Android

12. Using RxJava for Kotlin New

13. Appendix

Chapter 13. Appendix

This appendix will walk you through lambda expressions, functional types, mixing object-oriented and reactive programming, and how schedulers work.

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Authors (1)

Thomas Nield

Thomas Nield

Thomas Nield is the founder of Nield Consulting Group as well as an instructor at OReilly Media and University of Southern California. He enjoys making technical content relatable and relevant to those unfamiliar or intimidated by it. Thomas regularly teaches classes on data analysis, machine learning, mathematical optimization, and practical artificial intelligence. At USC he teaches AI System Safety, developing systematic approaches for identifying AI related hazards in aviation and ground vehicles. Hes authored two books, including Getting Started with SQL OReilly and Learning RxJava Packt.

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