ReactiveSwift VS observable

Compare ReactiveSwift vs observable and see what are their differences.

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ReactiveSwift

Posts with mentions or reviews of ReactiveSwift. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-21.

observable

Posts with mentions or reviews of observable. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-31.
  • Proposal: Signals as a Built-In Primitive of JavaScript
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Mar 2024
  • What We Need Instead of "Web Components"
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Dec 2023
    > especially since Observables have been widely available and actively worked on for a long time, without seeing wide adoption

    Take a look at "Userland libraries" section [0] of the proposal (almost certainly written by Ben). He argues that observables get reinvented in the userland in various libraries over and over again. It is a primitive, like a Promise, only better.

    [0] - https://github.com/WICG/observable?tab=readme-ov-file#userla...

  • Observable API Proposal
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Nov 2023
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jul 2023
  • Observable API proposal
    1 project | /r/programming | 24 Nov 2023
    1 project | /r/Frontend | 6 Nov 2023
    1 project | /r/coding | 4 Nov 2023
  • You Don't Need to “Learn” Svelte: Embracing the Simplicity of JavaScript
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Sep 2023
    Perhaps this falls into the repetitive boilerplate category you referred to, but if you want framework-agnostic domain objects that still work well with Svelte, create your own using the observer pattern.

    Create an object with a subscribe method and whatever other methods make sense for updating its state. Svelte will treat it like one of its stores, and it will work with the $ syntax. It can be used with React via its `useSyncExternalStore` hook. It can be used with SolidJS via its `from` utility.

    If you don't want to handle the set-up boilerplate, you could use another library like Effector or RxJS, but of course, that means another dependency. There is a gradual move to make something like this a part of the platform[1], but who knows when or if it will land.

    [1] https://github.com/domfarolino/observable

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ReactiveSwift and observable you can also consider the following projects:

RxSwift - Reactive Programming in Swift

starfx - A modern approach to side-effect and state management for web apps.

ReactiveCocoa - Cocoa framework and Obj-C dynamism bindings for ReactiveSwift.

proposal-async-iterator-helpers - Methods for working with async iterators in ECMAScript

ReSwift - Unidirectional Data Flow in Swift - Inspired by Redux

proposal-observable - Observables for ECMAScript

ReactiveKit - A Swift Reactive Programming Kit

BrightFutures - Write great asynchronous code in Swift using futures and promises

ReactiveArray - An array class implemented in Swift that can be observed using ReactiveCocoa's Signals

Reactor - Powering your RAC architecture

CombineExt - CombineExt provides a collection of operators, publishers and utilities for Combine, that are not provided by Apple themselves, but are common in other Reactive Frameworks and standards.

bruh - The thinnest possible layer between development and production for the modern web.