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Design Pattern

Observer

Notify subscribed listeners when state changes.

behavioral

Visual Diagram

Subject emits event
-> listener A
-> listener B
-> listener C

When To Use

  • ->Node EventEmitter flows
  • ->WebSocket broadcasts
  • ->DOM events
  • ->Reactive streams
Used in: EventEmitter, RxJS, DOM events, Redis pub/sub
observer.js

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