GraphQL

a brief, high level, 10,000ft drive by of

something new and shiny

with Mark Dewey

Core Instructor 

Suncoast Developers Guild

How did we get here?

REST 

I could use some

  • REST is still useful but its not perfect
  • rigid, but with good reason
  • returns everything we need
  • implementation agnostic 

RESTful API for school

GET /students/:id

{
    name:{
        first:"Billy", 
        last:"Jean"
    },
    contact: {...},
    dateOfBirth: 1988-12-12, 
    address: {...}, 
    currentCourseIds: [3,5,6,8,9,10],
    enrollmentDate: 2016-06-03,
    hasPaid: true, 
    GPA: 3.8,
    targetGraduation: 2019, 
    advisorId: 23, 
    dormAssignment:{...}
}

Radical Idea:

What if we could only get what we asked for and return multiple resources, but only when asked?

GraphQL

I heard it was cool 😎 

  • A Query Language for your API
  • Get only what you ask for
  • Strongly Typed
  • "Replace" REST

Lets see "it" in action

Thanks!

Questions?

Final thoughts?

Wanna learn to code with me?

mark@suncoast.io

@juggler2009

suncoast.io

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