We need to talk about graphQL

Alex Moldovan

@alexnmoldovan

Engineering Manager @ Fortech

Co-Founder @ JSHeroes

medium.com/@alexnm

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graphql

http://facebook.github.io/graphql/draft/

type Movie @model {
  id: ID! @isUnique
  title: String!
  year: Int
  director: String!
  rating: Float
  watched: Boolean @defaultValue(value: false)
  poster: Poster @relation(name: "MoviePoster")
  cast: [Actor!]! @relation(name: "MovieCast")
}

type Poster @model {
  id: ID! @isUnique
  movie: Movie @relation(name: "MoviePoster")
  url: String!
  alt: String!
}

type Actor @model {
  id: ID! @isUnique
  name: String!
  movies: [Movie!]! @relation(name: "MovieCast")
}

Alice

Bob

Carol

"CRUD pls"

Alice

Bob

"small change pls"

release

"small change pls"

"small change pls"

"small change pls"

Alice

Bob

Carol

GraphQL

main features

QUERY

MUTATION

SUBSCRIPTION

Quick demo

The graphql stack

backend support

REcap

What we learned today

GraphQL is an abstraction on top of HTTP

Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions

Node GraphQL Server

Graphcool

Apollo

additional resources

https://github.com/chentsulin/awesome-graphql

Check out Prisma! https://www.prisma.io/

https://www.graphql.college/practice-graphql/

https://dev-blog.apollodata.com/full-stack-react-graphql-tutorial-582ac8d24e3b

Thank you! Questions?

Alex Moldovan

@alexnmoldovan

Engineering Manager @ Fortech

Co-Founder @ JSHeroes

medium.com/@alexnm

We need to talk about GraphQL - DevTalks Cluj 2018

By Alex Moldovan

We need to talk about GraphQL - DevTalks Cluj 2018

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