Converting a collection to an asynchronous Observable

This recipe walks you through the process of creating an observable collection from an Enumerable class and how to process it asynchronously.

Getting ready

To work through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. No other prerequisites are required. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter8\Recipe1.

How to do it...

To understand how to create an observable collection from an Enumerable class and process it asynchronously, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.

2. Add a reference to the Reactive Extensions Main Library NuGet package by following these steps:

   1. Right-click on the References folder in the project, and select the Manage NuGet Packages… menu option.

   2. Now, add the Reactive Extensions - Main Library NuGet package. You can search for rx-main in the Manage NuGet Packages dialog, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

3. In the Program.cs file, add the...