Abstract: Performance is an important aspect of software quality. In fact, large software systems failures are often due to performance issues rather than functional bugs. One of the most important ...

RxJava is a Java VM implementation of Reactive Extensions: a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences. It extends the observer pattern to support ...

Loom is a newer project in the Java and JVM ecosystem. Hosted by OpenJDK, the Loom project addresses limitations in the traditional Java concurrency model. In particular, it offers a lighter ...

Abstract: Kotlin Coroutines are generalised subroutines that can suspend and resume execution freely. They exhibit lower overhead than Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Threads, making them suitable for ...

To test out RxJava, we’ll write a command-line application that watches the public event stream developed by CoinCap. This event stream provides a WebSocket API, which is like a firehouse of ...

Since RxJava has a very compelling interface it is widely used as such. Some libraries also use it internally. RxJava 2 and 3 have some breaking changes but they both live in same packages.

Today, it’s rare to encounter an Android application that never connects to the internet. Whether your app is backing up data to the cloud, authenticating users via “Sign In With Google,” downloading ...

Upgrading to the latest release of a library is usually as simple as changing the version number in your dependency configuration, but for RxJava users, making the switch to RxJava 2.0 isn’t quite so ...

The Room is basically an easier implementation of SQLite database and a part of Android Architecture components. We know that SQLite uses SQLite open helper class to manage SQLite database but Room ...