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Scala Reactive Programming

You're reading from   Scala Reactive Programming Build scalable, functional reactive microservices with Akka, Play, and Lagom

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288645
Length 552 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Reactive and Functional Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Functional Scala 3. Asynchronous Programming with Scala 4. Building Reactive Applications with Akka 5. Adding Reactiveness with RxScala 6. Extending Applications with Play 7. Working with Reactive Streams 8. Integrating Akka Streams to Play Application 9. Reactive Microservices with Lagom 10. Testing Reactive Microservices 11. Managing Microservices in ConductR 12. Reactive Design Patterns and Best Practices 13. Scala Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA 14. Installing Robomongo 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding Reactiveness with RxScala

In this chapter, we will discuss Reactive Extensions (RX) and one of the RX implementations—RxScala.

RxScala stands for Reactive Extensions for Scala. RxScala is an adapter on top of RxJava (Reactive Extensions for Java).

In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

  • What are Reactive Extensions and RxScala?
  • What are the building blocks of RxScala?
  • How the RxScala components are connected
  • How to develop Reactive applications using RxScala
  • How to use Subscriber to utilize the back-pressure feature
  • RxScala Marble diagrams
  • Limitations of RxScala
To understand these Rx frameworks well, it's good to go through their source code at the following URLs:

We can find more information on RxScala from its official...

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