Good Examples

[WonderPanda]

I'm sure that I'm not the only who has mentioned this but there is a definite lack of solid examples/documentation when trying to look at building an application using RxUI, especially with the release of version 6. The only content I've been able to find that's applicable are on @paulcbetts personal blog and some half-finished (perhaps out of date with the new version) readmes in the docs branch.

The framework could desperately use some complete working examples of applications built on the different platforms it supports. I've found that the team at Adaptive have done some amazing work with Rx in WPF, HTML5, iOS and Windows Phone environments with an open source and well documented simulated trading application:
https://github.com/AdaptiveConsulting/ReactiveTrader

They seem to be rolling with their own implementation of MVVM leveraging Rx. Perhaps there would be opportunity to alter their codebase to leverage all the fantastic tools in ReactiveUI?

Either way it would be great to see some work on this front. I can personally volunteer my own time to work on a WPF sample application that could be open sourced but the lack of anything to follow is a big deterrent. Even knowing how to set up a MainViewModel properly is stumping me right now. Is there anyone from this community who I could collaborate with or even ask questions periodically about proper convention to build such a sample application to help other newcomers?

[dsaf]

Also https://github.com/reactiveui/ReactiveUI.Samples seem to be desperately outdated.

[rfrfrf]

Agreed. Official samples must be updated to work with the newest version.

But for now, take a look at Building Apps the GitHub Way
https://github.com/paulcbetts/XamarinEvolve2014
where Paul Betts demonstrates how to use the current (6.x) version of ReactiveUI and other very cool stuff he is working on.

[axefrog]

I'd like to add a vote for documentation and samples as well. It's great to see that the framework is evolving and getting more and more capable, but the lack of up-to-date documentation, guides and samples really kind of renders all of this great work inaccessible to all but the most determined developers. I think it would be really valuable to take a temporary step back from further development of the framework and put some major focus on documentation. I know that I would find it useful and I'm sure you could increase the user base significantly by doing so.

[anaisbetts]

If you guys want them updated, maybe a good project is for one of you to just update them?

[axefrog]

Unfortunately I'm not enough of an expert in the intricacies of the library to take this on. My comment was inspired by the fact that documentation by an expert (such as yourself) would be very helpful in more effectively utilising ReactiveUI.

[anaisbetts]

@axefrog You would be an expert once you're done

[axefrog]

And yet documentation would alleviate the need to become one ;)

Look, I understand we're all busy people and it's certainly not my place to tell people what their priorities are, I was simply making the point that ReactiveUI is a great framework from what I understand about it so far, and it's a shame that documentation is not prioritised more than it is, as it means it's less approachable for newcomers (such as myself) than it could be, particularly in terms of unknown unknowns, and this means that you're limiting the scope of the audience for all your great work. Anyway, thanks for building a great framework, I guess I'll figure out the intricacies when I need to...

[shiftkey]

@axefrog there's a set of docs relevant to RxUI 6 here: https://github.com/reactiveui/ReactiveUI/tree/master/docs

I appreciate the questions raised here, and I'd love to clarify the questions/issues you are grappling with about RxUI, so those gaps can be addressed...

[ghuntley]

Hey I'm working on a RXui application for an upcoming presentation. Have no issues polishing the crap out/gold plating the application to act as a learning reference in exchange for some abusive mentoring in slack - if/when needed. 👍

[ghuntley]

Solid WPF + Caliburn example by @flagbug -> https://github.com/flagbug/Espera

[SuperJMN]

I also feel there's a lack of good examples. Something not too complex, but something like Sacha Barber did with his Cinch (a simple application that features a little of every piece of the library, can be found here http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/99010/CinchV-Version-of-my-Cinch-MVVM-framework-part).

I offer myself to make some showcase in WPF.

[ghuntley]

WPF example by @grokys which uses Rx5 -> https://github.com/grokys/ReactiveGitHubClient

[ghuntley]

Android example by @flagbug using Rx6 + Xamarin Forms -> https://github.com/flagbug/UnofficialGitterApp

[SuperJMN]

Oh, it seems that the one by @grokys is at the very early stage of development. It doesn't even have the login implemented 😄

Also, I've seen the Espera application by @flagbug and it's too complex to handle for newcomers. I hope someone can offer some update documentation or project. I really looking forward to learning how to use RxUI!