There is some buzz about Reactive programming. I prepared a small comparison between some popular FRP libraries Everything below is pretty subjective:) RxJS Pros: Documentation and big community. Shared interface with Rx* family. It’s a big advantage because you can adopt samples from RxJava community. A lot of primitives in the library and some samples how to use them back-pressure it is a kind of etalon for other libraries Cons: Sometimes it looks overcomplicated Implemented with “Java” in mind. IMHO, concepts like schedulers are alien for Node.js Bacon.js Pros Really nice documentation with some advanced samples(snake game, implementation for example) a lot of primitives Implemented with JS in mind I found it is really easy to start Cons it doesn’t implement back-pressure which makes it silly on backend Highland.js Pros: it’s intended to work with node.js(or browserify) environment which is really nice no alien concepts(from /Node.js perspective) JavaScript back-pressure the implementation is on top of Node stream which is really great idea small footprint : Cons Silly documentation and no examples. Actually every time I’m trying to adopt samples from Rx or Bacon absence of some primitives. Actually you can implement most of them by yourself already implemented but it’s painful(see previous point) because absence of samples you will learn them all:) IMHO, the most perspective one is Highland.js. But RxJs is much more mature Summary: If you need to ask something on StackOverflow use RxJS dialect and translate it to youth Tip: is how hackers start their afternoons. We’re a part of the family. We are now and happy to opportunities. Hacker Noon @AMI accepting submissions discuss advertising & sponsorship To learn more, , , or simply, read our about page like/message us on Facebook tweet/DM @HackerNoon. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend reading our and . Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted! latest tech stories trending tech stories

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