Highlighting the use of RxJS in Angular
RxJS is practically a first-class citizen in Angular. It is part of the Angular ecosystem and is used in many features to handle asynchronous tasks. The following are some examples of these features:
- The HttpClient module
- The Router module
- Reactive forms
- The Event emitter
We will discuss each of the following concepts in the subsequent subsections.
Note
We recommend taking a quick look at https://angular.dev/overview, where you can find further details about the aforementioned features.
The HttpClient module
You might be familiar with the HttpClient API provided by Angular that is used to communicate with a server over the HTTP protocol. The HttpClient
service is based on Observables that manage all transactions, which means that the result of calling API methods such as GET
, PATCH
, POST
, and PUT
will be an Observable.
In the following code snippet, we have an example of an Angular service that injects...