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Akka vs RxJS: What are the differences?
# Introduction
This Markdown code provides the key differences between Akka and RxJS for use on a website.
1. **Concurrency Model**: Akka is actor-based, meaning concurrency is managed through actors that communicate through message passing. RxJS, on the other hand, is based on observables and operates using reactive programming principles.
2. **Programming Language**: Akka is primarily designed for Java and Scala, whereas RxJS is used with JavaScript and TypeScript.
3. **Error Handling**: Akka provides supervision strategies to handle errors within actors, while RxJS relies on error callbacks to manage errors in observables.
4. **State Management**: Akka allows actors to maintain internal state, while RxJS focuses on stream-based data flow without internal state management in observables.
5. **Use Cases**: Akka is commonly used for distributed systems, concurrency and fault tolerance, while RxJS is often implemented for reactive UI programming and asynchronous operations.
6. **Community and Ecosystem**: Akka has a strong community support and an active ecosystem with various tools and libraries, while RxJS has a large community backing and is widely used in front-end development.
In Summary, this Markdown code highlights key differences between Akka and RxJS, including their concurrency model, programming language, error handling, state management, use cases, and community support.
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Pros of RxJS
Pros of Akka
- Great concurrency model32
- Fast17
- Actor Library12
- Open source10
- Resilient7
- Message driven5
- Scalable5
Pros of RxJS
- Easier async data chaining and combining6
- Steep learning curve, but offers predictable operations3
- Observable subjects2
- Ability to build your own stream2
- Works great with any state management implementation2
- Easier testing2
- Lot of build-in operators1
- Simplifies state management1
- Great for push based architecture1
- Documentation1
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Cons of Akka
Cons of RxJS
Cons of Akka
- Mixing futures with Akka tell is difficult3
- Closing of futures2
- No type safety2
- Very difficult to refactor1
- Typed actors still not stable1
Cons of RxJS
- Steep learning curve3
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What is Akka?
Akka is a toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications on the JVM.
What is RxJS?
RxJS is a library for reactive programming using Observables, to make it easier to compose asynchronous or callback-based code. This project is a rewrite of Reactive-Extensions/RxJS with better performance, better modularity, better debuggable call stacks, while staying mostly backwards compatible, with some breaking changes that reduce the API surface.
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Spring
A key element of Spring is infrastructural support at the application level: Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments.
Scala
Scala is an acronym for “Scalable Language”. This means that Scala grows with you. You can play with it by typing one-line expressions and observing the results. But you can also rely on it for large mission critical systems, as many companies, including Twitter, LinkedIn, or Intel do. To some, Scala feels like a scripting language. Its syntax is concise and low ceremony; its types get out of the way because the compiler can infer them.
Erlang
Some of Erlang's uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer telephony and instant messaging. Erlang's runtime system has built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance. OTP is set of Erlang libraries and design principles providing middle-ware to develop these systems.
Kafka
Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.
Spring Boot
Spring Boot makes it easy to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring based Applications that you can "just run". We take an opinionated view of the Spring platform and third-party libraries so you can get started with minimum fuss. Most Spring Boot applications need very little Spring configuration.