a paradigm for computing and modifying asynchronous data streams

Reactive programming is a paradigm for computing and modifying asynchronous data streams.

a programing paradigm that helps build responsive, scalable, and resilient applications

Reactive programming is a programing paradigm that helps build responsive, scalable, and resilient applications.

a programming paradigm geared around propagation of change

Reactive programming is a programming paradigm geared around propagation of change.

with asynchronous data streams

Reactive programming is actually programming with asynchronous data streams.

writing code that revolves around reacting to changes

In simple words, reactive programming means writing code that revolves around reacting to changes.

a specification for dealing with asynchronous streams of data

Reactive programming is a specification for dealing with asynchronous streams of data, providing tools for transforming and combining streams and for managing flow-control, making flow-control easier to reason about your overall program design.

a programming paradigm

Since reactive programming is a programming paradigm, we'll take a quick look at other common paradigms that all of us have probably already heard of and that you'll see mentioned every time you read or hear about reactive programming.

a programming paradigm based on an event model

Reactive Programming is a programming paradigm based on an event model.

programming using events instead of the order of lines in the code

Reactive programming is programming using events instead of the order of lines in the code.

paradigm for writing event-based programs

Reactive programming is paradigm for writing event-based programs.

an approach that combines concurrency and event-based and asynchronous systems

Reactive Programming is an approach that combines concurrency and event-based and asynchronous systems.

a paradigm that alters the imperative programming style

Reactive programming is a paradigm that alters the imperative programming style, and we didn’t want to go that route.

a paradigm that allows you to express the idea around a feature in one readable place, abstract mutable state away from your user interfaces and improve the testability of your application

Reactive programming is a paradigm that allows you to express the idea around a feature in one readable place, abstract mutable state away from your user interfaces and improve the testability of your application.