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Java 8 vs RxJava: What are the differences?
What is Java 8? *A development environment for building applications *. It is a revolutionary release of the world’s no 1 development platform. It includes a huge upgrade to the Java programming model and a coordinated evolution of the JVM, Java language, and libraries. Java 8 includes features for productivity, ease of use, improved polyglot programming, security and improved performance.
What is RxJava? Reactive Extensions for the JVM. A library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences for the Java VM.
Java 8 and RxJava can be primarily classified as "Java" tools.
RxJava is an open source tool with 40K GitHub stars and 6.74K GitHub forks. Here's a link to RxJava's open source repository on GitHub.
TimeHop, MDOffice, and Poq are some of the popular companies that use RxJava, whereas Java 8 is used by HubSpot, NOYSI, and Your.MD. RxJava has a broader approval, being mentioned in 58 company stacks & 36 developers stacks; compared to Java 8, which is listed in 17 company stacks and 30 developer stacks.
Pros of Java 8
Pros of RxJava
- Reactive Libraries as per Reactive Manifesto1