KnockoutJS - dependenant observables or computed observables

Question

Is there any difference between dependenant observables and computed observables in KnockoutJS ?

My understanding is that computed observables are successors to dependent observables (basically just different name in the newer versions of Knockout) - but some of the tutorials on the web use one and some use the other.

Can someone answer this once and for all?

Answer 1

Same thing, the name was changed in knockout 2.0. Older examples may use the old name.

See: http://knockoutjs.com/documentation/dependentObservables.html

From Knockout's documentation:

At runtime, ko.dependentObservable refers to the same function as ko.computed, so your existing code will continue to work just fine.