While I keep working on CombineDataSources I’ve faced some of the differences between RxSwift and Combine and those are slowing me down a bit. For example: in RxSwift when dealing with UI I’d usually use shareReplayLatestWhileConnected() - this operator shares an observable and emits the latest value to all subscribers downstream. In Combine there is currently a share() operator which does a similar thing but does not “replay” the latest value. …

Logging is a really powerful way to debug code, especially if it’s asynchronous code that runs in a time sensitive way so stepping through the debugger is a pain. In Simple custom Combine operators I wrote about how to create an operator that logs to the system Console app in just few lines. After playing with Combine some more I went ahead and created a micro framework called “CombinePrintout” that adds few convenient methods to Combine allowing you to quickly print information about your subscriptions. …

In Simple custom Combine operators I spoke about how you can cheaply create your own custom Combine operator without the need to create a new custom Publisher type. In this post I’d like to show how this kind of “cheap” operators could actually be quite complex and useful; still being created only by creatively combining existing operators. Let’s look at sample(_)… The sample operator rxmarbles.com is a marveleous website where you can find visual and interactive presentations of a multitude of reactive operators (based in their implementation in RxJS). …

Creating simple custom operators is very straightforward in Combine. As long as your custom operator can be expressed via combining existing operators you don’t need to create a new publisher type - you can simply extend the Publisher protocol with your own custom operator. Let’s try quickly creating one now. Extending Publisher You can extend Publisher like any other protocol in Swift. For this post I’ll create a debugging operator that writes logs to the system console. …