Learning Reactive Programming with Java 8

by Nickolay Tsvetinov

Whether you are a Java expert or at a beginner level, you'll benefit from this book, because it will teach you a brand new way of coding and thinking.

The book starts with an explanation of what reactive programming is, why it is so appealing, and how we can integrate it in to Java. It continues by introducing the new Java 8 syntax features, such as lambdas and function references, and some functional programming basics. From this point on, the book focuses on RxJava in depth. It goes through creating Observables, transforming, filtering, and combining them, and concurrency and testing to finish with extending the library itself.

This book is a definite tutorial in RxJava filled with a lot of well-described examples. It explains reactive programming concepts in plain and readable language, without scientific formulas and terms.

Genres: Technology

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2015

Reviews

[Shenyu]

Useful for grabbing an overview of RxJava, but won't be enough for mastering it.

[Miloš]

At times a bit too basic but all in all, a very nice introduction to RxJava - to the point, well structured, focused on the functional and reactive ways of thinking rather than the framework itself, I enjoyed it quite a bit

[Dmitry]

Good and short :)

[Delhi Irc]

Location: PTI IRC, ND6 IRC
Accession No: DL028612, DL028613

[Sergei Kasoverskij]

Good overview of RxJava. Suitable for a quick start book.