Highlighting common pitfalls and best practices
Here are some common pitfalls or scenarios to avoid when using combineLatest
in RxJS:
Unnecessary subscriptions
combineLatest
subscribes to all provided Observables automatically. Make sure you unsubscribe from the returned subscription when you no longer need the combined values, especially for long-running or infinite Observables. This prevents memory leaks and unnecessary processing.
Missing or incomplete values
combineLatest
only emits a value when all its source Observables have emitted at least one value. If any Observable completes or throws an error before all have emitted, combineLatest
will also complete or error out, respectively. Consider using the withLatestFrom
operator if you only need the latest value from one Observable combined with the entire emission history from another.
Performance overhead
Combining a large number of Observables with combineLatest
can introduce performance overhead. Evaluate the...