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Discover how to eliminate duplicate code in Angular components using services, handle subscriptions efficiently, and learn best practices for using RxJS in your applications.
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Streamlining Angular & RxJS: Eliminating Duplicate Code with Services and Proper Subscriptions

In the world of Angular development, managing reactive forms is omnipresent, particularly when it comes to handling user input and form validations. As developers work with multiple components, creating a clean and maintainable codebase is paramount. In this guide, we tackle a common issue faced by many Angular developers: duplicate code involving subscriptions.

If you've ever found yourself writing the same subscription logic across different components, this guide will help you streamline that process and make your codebase cleaner and more maintainable.

The Problem: Duplicate Subscription Code

Let’s say you have a piece of code that watches for changes to a phone number input across multiple components. This code, while functional, is duplicated, which is not ideal for maintainability and readability. Here’s a snippet of what that might look like in each component:

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The Solution: Refactoring to a Service

To eliminate duplicate code effectively, the solution is to move this subscription logic to a dedicated service. This approach allows you to reuse the logic across multiple components while only passing down the necessary form as an argument. Here's how you can do that:

Step 1: Create the Service Method

In your service file, create a method that handles phone number changes like this:

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Step 2: Update the Component

In your component, you would subscribe to the service method like so:

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Handling Type Safety

Defining Property Types

When defining phoneNumberChanges$, you should leverage Angular's strong typing. The recommended type for your property is:

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Return Type in Service Method

The return type for your service method should also be an observable:

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Managing Unsubscriptions

Question: Should I manage unsubscription in the component or the service?

The best practice is to handle the unsubscription in the component because it is directly tied to the component’s lifecycle. You can do this as follows:

Approach 1: Simple Unsubscription

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Approach 2: Using a Destroy Notifier Observable

For a cleaner and more robust management of subscriptions, consider using a notifier observable:

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Conclusion

By refactoring common subscription logic into a dedicated service, you not only reduce code duplication but also create a more maintainable and flexible codebase. This organized structure allows you to manage subscriptions better and keeps your components focused on their responsibilities.

Whether you choose to handle unsubscription simply or with a notifier, the key is to ensure your components are aware of their lifecycle for effective resource management.

Thank you for joining us in exploring these important aspects of Angular and RxJS. With these practices under your belt, you are well on your way to writing cleaner, more efficient code!