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Hands-On Reactive Programming with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On Reactive Programming with Python Event-driven development unraveled with RxPY

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138726
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. An Introduction to Reactive Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Asynchronous Programming in Python 3. Functional Programming with ReactiveX 4. Exploring Observables and Observers 5. Concurrency and Parallelism in RxPY 6. Implementation of an Audio Transcoding Server 7. Using Third-Party Services 8. Dynamic Reconfiguration and Error Management 9. Operators in RxPY 10. Testing and Debugging 11. Deploying and Scaling Your Application 12. Reactive Streams for Remote Communication 13. A Checklist of Best Practices 14. Assessments 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 8

What is the purpose of the inotify feature?

Inotify is a feature provided by the Linux kernel. It allows us to monitor changes and access to files and directories. Using inotify allows us to monitor files changes without having to poll periodically for changes.

What is the feature provided by the debounce operator?

The debounce operator emits items only when no item has been received by the source observable since a defined time. It allows us to avoid flooding items by limiting their emissions.

Which operator can be used to remove duplicate items in an observable?

The distinct_until_changed operator emits items from the source observable but removes consecutive items with the same values. This operator can be used to create an observable that emits items without duplicates in consecutive items.

What is the difference between the take and skip operators?

The take operator...

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