Good introduction to the .NET Reactive Framework [closed]

Answer 1

MSDN Site for Rx-Framework

For a Developer going deeper, the Source Code

Cool Austrian keynote about Rx

This is the best I have seen: DevCamp 2010 Keynote - Rx: Curing your asynchronous programming blues

Some interesting Videos on Channel 9

Kim Hamilton and Wes Dyer: Inside .NET Rx and IObservable/IObserver in the BCL (VS 2010)

An interview with the creator from Rx: Expert to Expert: Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer - Inside the .NET Reactive Framework (Rx)

An introduction from the creator of Rx

• E2E: Erik Meijer and Wes Dyer - Reactive Framework (Rx) Under the Hood 1 of 2
• E2E: Erik Meijer and Wes Dyer - Reactive Framework (Rx) Under the Hood 2 of 2

An Codeproject Article

Another course first blog with links (new)

Answer 2

Does your "excluding Microsoft documentation" clause extend to the videos on Channel 9?

From the creator of the reactive framework Erik Meijer: - Expert to Expert: Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer - Inside the .NET Reactive Framework (Rx)

Brand new: Getting Started with Rx Extensions for .NET

Answer 3

Go through these articles, and in particular, download the related source code and play with it.

• Part I - System.Reactive or the .NET Reactive Extensions (Rx) – Concepts and First Look
• Part II - LINQ To Events - More on .NET Reactive Extensions (Rx)
• Part III - LINQ To Events - Generating GetEventName() Wrapper Methods using T4 Text Templates

Trust this will help

Answer 4

I liked Introduction to Rx Part 1 - Key types, and it showed the key features.

Answer 5

Once you have gone through some of the basic stuff including the HandsOnLab make sure you check out Lee Campbell's Hot and Cold Observables which took some of the arcane mystery out of Rx for me :)

Answer 6

DEVHOL202 – Curing the asynchronous blues with the Reactive Extensions for .NET (PDF, 2 MB) is the best lab/tutorial I've seen so far. It guides you through the basics of the library, so that you can build and design on what you've learned.

There is also a JavaScript version. Search Google for "Reactive Extensions Hands on Lab".