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