Why I'm still using RxJS (not signals) for host binding in Angular

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To counter my bias toward RxJS (as the solution that I am most familiar with), I have been taking a "signals first" approach. But there are some situations, like host bindings for events, where I still find RxJS to be the more declarative and elegant solution.

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0:00 Signals first
0:33 Using signals with host binding
2:52 Declarative RxJS approach

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