Conclusion

All in all, this was an experience that was extremely frustrating to begin with, but soon turned out to be a fantastic learning experience.

Reactive Extensions and RxJS are extremely powerful tools, but there can be several nuances of working with Observables that can easily trip up the uninitiated. However, the code for the RxJS library is surprisingly simple to read and understand once you get past the initial disorientation that comes with reading any new code.

Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed; and you might just end up learning a lot more about RxJS than you could possibly learn by just reading their documentation.