Observable’s in Angular 2 (RxJS)

Observables in Angular 2 can be achieved using RxJS(Reactive Extensions for JavaScript). Observables is an ES7 feature so you need to make use of an external library to use it today. RxJS is a library that allows you to work with asynchronous data streams. So what are asynchronous data streams?

• Asynchronous – we can call a function and register a callback to be notified when results are available, so we can continue with execution and avoid the Web Page from being unresponsive. This is used for ajax calls, DOM-events, Promises, WebWorkers and WebSockets.
• Data – raw information in the form of JavaScript data types as: Number, String, Objects (Arrays, Sets, Maps).
• Streams – sequences of data made available over time. Technically everything is stream.

Observables can help manage async data and a few other useful patterns. Observables are similar to Promises but with a few key differences. The first is Observables emit multiple…