GraphQL

Ditch REST endpoints and build APIs that make sense with your workflow. Get started with Prisma or Apollo toolkits, and join the GraphQL bandwagon.

Working With GraphQL Fragments and Mutations

Make your GraphQL queries more dynamic with Fragments, plus get started with Mutations.

Last week we encountered a genuine scenario when working with GraphQL clients. When building real applications consuming data via GraphQL, we usually don't know precisely the query we're going to want to run at runtime. Imagine a user cruising through your application, setting preferences, and arriving at core pieces of functionality under a content which is specific only to them. Say we're building a GrubHub knockoff (we hate profits and love entering impenetrable parts of the market, it's not that uncommon really.) At its core, the information we're serving will always be restaurants; we'll always want to return things like

Building a Client For Your GraphQL API

Now that we have an understanding of GraphQL queries and API setup, it's time to get that data.

If you had the pleasure of joining us last time, we had just completed a crash course in structuring GraphQL Queries. As much we all love studying abstract queries within the confines of a playground environment, the only real way to learn anything to overzealously attempt to build something way out of our skill level. Thus, we're going to shift gears and actually make something with all the dry technical knowledge we've accumulated so far. Hooray!

Data Gone Wild: Exposing Your GraphQL Endpoint

If you're following along with Prisma as your GraphQL service, the endpoint for your API defaults to

Writing Your First GraphQL Query

Begin to structure complex queries against your GraphQL API.

In our last run-in with GraphQL, we used Prisma to assist in setting up a GraphQL server. This effectively gave us an endpoint to work with for making GraphQL requests against the database we specified when getting started. If you're still in the business of setting up a GraphQL server, there are plenty of alternative services to Prisma you could explore. Apollo is perhaps the most popular. A different approach could be to use GraphCMS: a headless CMS for building GraphQL models with a beautiful interface.

With our first models are created and deployed, we’re now able to explore

Easily Build GraphQL APIs with Prisma

Jump on the GraphQL Bandwagon with a little help from Prisma.

The technology sector is reeling after an official statement was released by the UN's International Council of Coolness last week. The statement clearly states what status-quo developers have feared for months: if you haven't shifted from REST to GraphQL by now, you are officially recognized by the international community to hold "uncool" status. A humanitarian crisis is already unfolding as refugees of coolness are threatening to overtake borders, sparking fears of an influx of Thinkpad Laptops, IntelliJ, and other Class A uncool narcotics.

Hold up: is GraphQL That Dramatic of an Improvement over REST?

In all honesty, I've found that