Reasons to adapt functional reactive programming

So, let's first discuss the reasons to adapt functional reactive programming. There's no point in changing the whole way you code unless it gets you some really significant benefits, right? Yes, functional reactive programming gets you a set of mind-blowing benefits, as listed here:

  • Get rid of the callback hell: A callback is a method that gets called when a predefined event occurs. The mechanism of passing interfaces with callback methods is called callback mechanism. This mechanism involves a hell of a lot of code, including the interfaces, their implementations, and more. Hence, it is referred to as callback hell.
  • Standard mechanism for error handling: Generally, while working with complex ...

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