Streams of data are everywhere - from the latest stock price to the movements of a mouse. There is a reason why Reactive Extensions (Rx) has been translated from its origins in .NET to almost every major programming language; its design affords an elegant approach to tackling the complex problems that can arise when handling streams of data. In this talk, I'll show you why its such a powerful platform and get you started on your reactive journey!
About James World
James World is an independent contractor with 25 years of professional software development experience. He worked at Microsoft as a software consultant for a decade, ran the Microsoft UK Performance & Scalability Labs and has worked in the City of London on a range of trading systems. Over the last few years, he has worked as a consultant improving software development at companies by leading the adoption of agile and software-development best-practices. He has also founded two successful tech start-ups. Always a coder, he makes sure never stray too far away from his latest programming project. Find him on twitter at @jamesw0rld and on LinkedIn at http://linkd.in/james-world . He current holds the highest score on Stack Overflow for the Reactive Extensions tag, which gives him a good excuse to talk about it.
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