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Intro to GraphQL

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What are the problems with REST?

What is GraphQL?

  • enables declarative data fetching

  • a GraphQL server exposes a single endpoint

  • it is a query language for APIs

Advantages of GraphQL vs REST

Who is using GraphQL?

Why GitHub is using GraphQL

GitHub chose GraphQL for our API v4 because it offers significantly more flexibility for our integrators. The ability to define precisely the data you want—and only the data you want—is a powerful advantage over the REST API v3 endpoints.

Github v4 note

Types, Fields and Resolvers

Queries and Mutations

Schemas and Types

Schemas and Types

Can you think about the benefits of having Schemas and Types?

GraphQL in Practice

Resources

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