Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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My modern Angular course: angularstart.com

I often get comments that the reactive code I create with RxJS is overcomplicated and would be easier without RxJS. This video compares a reactive/declarative solution built with RxJS versus the same feature built imperatively without RXJS.

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Learn Angular with Ionic: ionicstart.com

Reactive source code: github.com/joshuamorony/ionicstart-snapaday/blob/insta-story/src/app/slideshow/slideshow.component.ts
Imperative source code: github.com/joshuamorony/ionicstart-snapaday/blob/without-rxjs/src/app/slideshow/slideshow.component.ts

Video on pausing the stream: youtube.com/watch?v=mI8kH1_mEtw
Original video on slideshow: youtube.com/watch?v=tWy8zaWvkvk&t=0s

Video on using the expand operator: youtube.com/watch?v=aKsPMTP6-sY

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Reactive Approach
2:17 Imperative Approach
4:11 Is Reactive Better?
6:11 Bonus example

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