Is there an article that explains Flow in terms of RxJava I

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Is there an article that explains Flow in terms of RxJava I find myself mentally comparing the two while reading Flow documentation and I m getting stuck on figuring out what corresponds to what I m thinking that since I already know most of the abstract concepts it would be helpful if it were spelled out in terms of the concrete concepts from rx e g X in Flow correlates to Y in rx Even a simple table would be helpful

gildor · Answer

Not really explanation of Flow in terms of RxJava but gives some comparasion <https medium com elizarov reactive streams and kotlin flows bfd12772cda4>

gildor · Answer

Not sure that such table is exist because it would be probably not very correct comparasion in many cases maybe you have some particular question about some concepts that are not clear for you

gildor · Answer

There is a guide that compares coroutines with reactive streams but it quite outdated because doesn t include Flow oy Channels but still may be helpful <https github com Kotlin kotlinx coroutines blob master reactive coroutines guide reactive md>

eygraber · Answer

lol thanks I actually read both of those which led me to my question smile I don t have any specific question I m more looking for a shortcut to understanding them

gildor · Answer

I would recommend just read kotlinx coroutines guide you cannot be familiar with coroutines without it

eygraber · Answer

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eygraber · Answer

Is there a good recent presentation on it something that reflects the latest changes like structured concurrency etc

gildor · Answer

Yes official guide includes structured concurrency

eygraber · Answer

Sorry I meant a video like at a conference

gildor · Answer

Nope I don t know videos about structured concurrency

gildor · Answer

Just check official guide it includes all required info <https kotlinlang org docs reference coroutines coroutines guide html> Also there are a couple blog posts about it by Roman

marstran · Answer

Roman s talk on KotlinConf last year covered structured concurrency <https www youtube com watch v=a3agLJQ6vt8>

sdeleuze · Answer

My article talk about that applied to Reactor but that s similar <https spring io blog 2019 04 12 going reactive with spring coroutines and kotlin flow>