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@glnnrys · glennreyes.com GraphQL for JS developers
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com > whoami
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Glenn Reyes Independent Software Engineer
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Goals for today
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Learn
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Fun
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Success!!!
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com What is GraphQL?
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Query Language for APIs
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Ask for what you want And get
predictable results
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com www.graphql.org
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Describe your data
Describe your data
None
User
Tweet Tweet
User Tweet
Describe your data User Tweet
Describe your data User Tweet name email username bio age
tweets message from
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Describe your Schema in a Type System
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com type Tweet { id: ID! message: String!
from: User } type User { name: String! email: String! bio: String age: Int tweets: [Tweet!]! username: String! }
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com type Query { getUser(email: String!): User! getTweets(username:
String!): [Tweet!]! } type Mutation { createTweet: Tweet deleteTweet(id: ID!): Tweet updateTweet(id: ID!): Tweet }
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com # GET something type Query { getUser(email:
String!): User! getTweets(username: String!): [Tweet!]! } # DO something type Mutation { createTweet: Tweet deleteTweet(id: ID!): Tweet updateTweet(id: ID!): Tweet }
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com # GET something type Query { #
Get a user by the email adress getUser(email: String!): User! # Get tweets getTweets(username: String!): [Tweet!]! } # DO something type Mutation { createTweet: Tweet deleteTweet(id: ID!): Tweet updateTweet(id: ID!): Tweet }
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com type Tweet { id: ID! message: String!
from: User } type User { name: String! email: String! bio: String age: Int tweets: [Tweet!]! username: String! } type Query { getUser(email: String!): User! getTweets(username: String!): [Tweet!]! } type Mutation { createTweet: Tweet deleteTweet(id: ID!): Tweet updateTweet(id: ID!): Tweet }
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Int Float String Boolean ID
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com www.graphql.org
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Ask for what you want
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Ask for what you want And get
predictable results
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Ask for what you want And get
predictable results
{ name twitter job expertise oss(type: "most-popular") elseIDo } {
"name": "Glenn Reyes", "twitter": "@glnnrys", "job": "Independent Software Engineer", "expertise": ["React", "GraphQL"], "oss": ["graphpack", "react-countup"], "elseIDo": [ "Co-organize React Vienna", "Speak at conferences", "Give workshops" ] }
{ name twitter job expertise oss(type: "most-popular") elseIDo } {
"name": "Glenn Reyes", "twitter": "@glnnrys", "job": "Independent Software Engineer", "expertise": ["React", "GraphQL"], "oss": ["graphpack", "react-countup"], "elseIDo": [ "Co-organize React Vienna", "Speak at conferences", "Give workshops" ] } GraphQL Query JSON
{ name twitter job expertise oss(type: "most-popular") elseIDo } {
"name": "Glenn Reyes", "twitter": "@glnnrys", "job": "Independent Software Engineer", "expertise": ["React", "GraphQL"], "oss": ["graphpack", "react-countup"], "elseIDo": [ "Co-organize React Vienna", "Speak at conferences", "Give workshops" ] } GraphQL Query JSON
{ name twitter job } { "name": "Glenn Reyes", "twitter":
"@glnnrys", "job": "Independent Software Engineer" } GraphQL Query JSON
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com What is GraphQL?
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Query Language for APIs
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Ask for what you want And get
predictable results
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com It's Language Agnostic
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Why GraphQL?
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com GraphQL Architecture
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Servers Clients
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Makes managing data difficult in the frontend
Servers Clients
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Servers Clients GraphQL
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Servers Clients GraphQL GraphQL handles data management
for us
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Servers Clients GraphQL GraphQL handles data management
for us delivers us data exactly as needed
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Servers Clients GraphQL GraphQL handles data management
for us delivers us data exactly as needed let's us focus on the frontend
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com What else?
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Tooling
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Query IDEs
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Query IDEs (IDE = Integrated Development Environment)
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Query IDEs (IDE = An Editor )
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com github.com/graphql/graphiql
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com github.com/prisma/graphql-playground
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Automatic Documentation
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com const MyProfile = () => { const
{ data, loading } = useQuery(gql` { name email bio } `); if (loading) { return 'Loading ...'; } return <ProfilePage data={data} />; };
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Questions?
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com Let's get started!
@glnnrys · glennreyes.com github.com/glennreyes/graphql-workshop/tree/upleveled