Build Your GraphQL APIs Faster with Nexus Schema

Ryan Chenkie

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GraphQL Dev Rel at Prisma

Building a GraphQL API

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Most often, developers start with an SDL-first approach

Easy to get going

Most examples show SDL-first but it's not the only way

Schema Definition Language

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type Post {
  id: ID!
  title: String!
  body: String!
}

type Query {
  posts: [Post]
}

Resolvers

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const resolvers = {
  Query: {
    posts: (_, args, context, info) => {
      return context.db.posts.findMany()
    }
  }
}

Issues with SDL-First

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Schema and Resolvers in different places on the filesystem, modularization challenges

Need to context switch between Schema and Resolvers

Need for tooling

Code-First GraphQL APIs

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const Post = objectType({
  name: 'Post',
  definition(t) {
    t.id('id');
    t.string('title');
    t.string('body');
  }
});

Code-First GraphQL APIs

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const Query = queryType({
  definition(t) {
    t.list.field('posts', {
      type: 'Post',
      resolve(_, args, context, info) {
        return context.db.post.findMany();
      }
    });
  }
});

Code-First GraphQL APIs

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Everything is in one place, no need for extra modularization and context switching

No need for extra tooling

Codegen produces artifacts like SDL and types

Easy to move quickly and collaborate

DEMO

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Thank You!

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Build Your GraphQL APIs Faster with Nexus Schema

By Ryan Chenkie

Build Your GraphQL APIs Faster with Nexus Schema

Developing a real-world full-stack app often involves tedious threading of data across multiple layers of the stack. This is particularly undesirable during prototyping phases where the main goal may be just to demonstrate an idea or design. It’s also risky when going to production since data inconsistencies between the layers can lead to bugs. We show one solution to this velocity and type-safety dilemma via Nexus combined with Prisma.

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