What is the difference between Promises and Observables?

Question

What is the difference between Promise and Observable in Angular?

An example on each would be helpful in understanding both the cases. In w

Answer 1

I see a lot of people using the argument that Observable are "cancellable" but it is rather trivial to make Promise "cancellable"

function cancellablePromise(body) {
  let resolve, reject;
  const promise = new Promise((res, rej) => {
    resolve = res; reject = rej;
    body(resolve, reject)
  })
  promise.resolve = resolve;
  promise.reject = reject;
  return promise
}

// Example 1: Reject a promise prematurely
const p1 = cancellablePromise((resolve, reject) => {
  setTimeout(() => resolve('10', 100))
})

p1.then(value => alert(value)).catch(err => console.error(err))
p1.reject(new Error('denied')) // expect an error in the console

// Example: Resolve a promise prematurely
const p2 = cancellablePromise((resolve, reject) => {
  setTimeout(() => resolve('blop'), 100)
})

p2.then(value => alert(value)).catch(err => console.error(err))
p2.resolve(200) // expect an alert with 200