Conventions used
There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.
CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "In the RxPY implementation, operators are methods of the Observable class."
A block of code is set as follows:
Observable.from_(...)
.filter()
.distinct()
.take(20)
.map(...)
When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:
argv.subscribe(
on_next=lambda i: print("on_next: {}".format(i)),
on_error=lambda e: print("on_error: {}".format(e)),
on_completed=lambda: print("on_completed"))
Any command-line input or output is written as follows:
$ source venv-rx/bin/activate
(venv-rx)$ pip install rx
Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "By definition, any program has to deal with external events through inputs/outputs (I/O)."