This document provides an overview of observables including why they are useful, what they are, and how to use them. Specifically: - Observables can make code easier to write and read by handling asynchronous events as streams of values. They support functions like map, merge, and concat. - Observables represent push-based collections of multiple values over time, like streams of form submissions or mouse movements. Common uses include reactive UIs and handling asynchronous data. - Key advantages are clean code with fewer exceptions, ability to combine observables, automatic cancellation of subscriptions, and lazy evaluation. - RxJS is a common library for working with observables. Key concepts are operators for transforming streams and sub