# State of Signals

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-signals/9495>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-signals/9495 "2018-03-05T05:40:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![barche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/barche/32/79_2.png) [@barche](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/barche)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-signals/9495/3 "2018-03-05T11:42:26Z")

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See also this thread:

> [@Observables versus Reactive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/observables-versus-reactive/5854):
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> Checkout [Observables.jl](https://github.com/JuliaGizmos/Observables.jl), looks cool and super useful. I don’t think I really understand the difference between and Observable and a Reactive.Signal. Anyone here can explain? When would one be better than the other? Why? How? What can one do that the other doesn’t? Why is that special? I like new and shiny things.

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