Articles Tagged graphql

Listen, I am no GraphQL expert but I do enjoy working with it. The way it exposes data to me as a front-end developer is pretty cool. It’s like a menu of available data and I can ask for whatever I want. That’s a massive improvement over REST and highly empowering for me as a front-end developer who desires to craft components with whatever data I think is best for a UI without having to make slew of calls for … Read article “The Best (GraphQL) API is One You Write”

GraphQL is a query language for APIs that is very empowering for front-end developers. As the GraphQL site explains it, you describe your data, ask for what you want, and get predictable results.

If you haven’t worked with it before, GraphQL might be a little confusing to grok at first glance. So, let’s build a multiplayer tic-tac-toe game using it in order to demonstrate how it’s used and what we can do with it.

First thing we need is … Read article “Multiplayer Tic Tac Toe with GraphQL”

I’m assuming most of you have already heard about Gatsby, and at least loosely know that it’s basically a static site generator for React sites. It generally runs like this:

1. Data Sources → Pull data from anywhere.
2. Build → Generate your website with React and GraphQL.
3. Deploy → Send the site to any static site host.

What this typically means is that you can get your data from any recognizable data source — CMS, markdown, file systems and … Read article “Using GraphQL Playground with Gatsby”

GraphQL is becoming increasingly popular. The problem is that if you are a front-end developer, you are only half of the way there. GraphQL is not just a client technology. The server also has to be implemented according to the specification. This means that in order to implement GraphQL into your application, you need to learn not only GraphQL on the front end, but also GraphQL best practices, server-side development, and everything that goes along with it on the back … Read article “Getting into GraphQL with AWS AppSync”

I find GraphQL extremely fun and empowering tech to work with, even as a novice just getting started. You’ve probably heard the elevator pitch before: it allows you to ask for exactly the data you need whenever you need it (probably at the component level), and it arrives as lovely JSON data for your usage.

I see it used as part of modern website builds all the dang time. The overall vibe is, “I want to do whatever I … Read article “GraphQL is Everywhere!”

No matter how large or small your application is, you’ll have to deal with fetching data from a remote server at some point. On the front end, this usually involves hitting a REST endpoint, transforming the response, caching it, and updating your UI. For years, REST has been the status quo for APIs, but over the past year, a new API technology called GraphQL has exploded in popularity due to its excellent developer experience and declarative approach to data fetching.… Read article “A Front End Developer’s Guide to GraphQL”

The following is a guest post by Nilan Marktanner from Graph.cool. I don’t know about y’all but I’ve spent plenty of time in my career dealing with REST API’s. It’s a matter of always trying to figure out what URL to hit, what data to expect back, and how you can control that data. A quick glance at GraphQL makes it seem like it simplifies things both for the creators and consumers of the API. Let’s let Nilan explain.… Read article “Declarative Data Fetching with GraphQL”