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bacon.js

Functional reactive programming library for TypeScript and JavaScript

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What it is

Functional reactive programming library for TypeScript and JavaScript

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My favorite functional reactive programming library for JavaScript is Bacon.js: https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js "It's the _ of Events. Too bad the symbol ~ is not…

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Observed mentions: 2012-03-08 21:39:04 UTC to 2014-12-01 09:51:45 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
2012	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	1	1
2013	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	10	1	9
2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	4	0	4

What Hacker News says

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meemoo·Aug 23, 2013

How does flow-based programming compare with functional reactive programming, like Elm [1] and Bacon.js [2]? Could those be made visual with a graph editor like this? Bacon.js has some flow diagrams [3] to describe some of its advanced concepts. 1. http://elm-lang.org 2. https://github.com/baconjs/bacon.js 3. https://github.com/baconjs/bacon.js/wiki/Diagrams

In How Flow-Based Programming Could Save The Sanity Of Web Developers

alipang·Aug 7, 2013

If you want a better alternative to RxJs, also written in Coffescript, check out Bacon.js. https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js

In Reactive.coffee: reactive programming and declarative UIs in CoffeeScript

zcrar70·Aug 7, 2013

Facebook's recent React framework is also worth mentioning (http://facebook.github.io/react/). A nice JS library for reactive programming is Bacon.js - https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js - it's smaller, the source code is easier to read and I found it a little easier to use.

In Reactive.coffee: reactive programming and declarative UIs in CoffeeScript

nwjsmith·Jun 29, 2013

Channels allow you to write code that "pulls" events off of a stream or enumerate-like structure. This can dramatically simplify event-heavy front end code. Bacon.js is a library that exposes a similar technique (FRP), and their readme outlines the benefits in tangible terms https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js

In Clojure core.async Channels

Dekku·Jun 1, 2013Submission

Bacon.js - Functional Reactive Programming for JavaScript

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j_s·May 29, 2013

Thanks for the heads up! Do you have time to explain why bacon is better than Reactive Extensions, and thus the only frp library for JavaScript that you chose to link to? I don't have too much experience with frp in general (primarily just the Reactive Extensions for .NET), and even less with JavaScript implementations, so I'm not really in a position to begin making the comparison. Edit: ah, found https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js#for-rxjs-users for starters!

In Elm at Prezi

alipang·May 29, 2013

Or even better, Bacon.js https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js

In Elm at Prezi

cmwelsh·May 16, 2013Recommendation phrase

My favorite functional reactive programming library for JavaScript is Bacon.js: https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js "It's the _ of Events. Too bad the symbol ~ is not allowed in Javascript."

In Reactor.js: simple reactive programming for Javascript

RoboTeddy·Feb 17, 2013

Bacon.js: https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js -- functional reactive programming in javascript. It's another way out of callback hell when doing UI work.

In Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there?

RoboTeddy·Jan 22, 2013

FWIW, Bacon.js implements switching with flatMap and flatMapLatest Helpful diagrams: https://github.com/raimohanska/bacon.js/wiki

In Functional Reactive Programming with Bacon.js